Observations

• Corazon looks at her paper list and grabs the bottles on her table
• She pulls out one or two pills from each bottle
• She remembers some of them automatically from memory and grabs the pills without looking at the list
• She takes pills while she's eating
• Her list has crossmarks and updated with pen writing for dose changes
• She has loose papers in the notebook of doctor's instructions
• She relies on memory to remember the doctor's instructions
• She has some sharpie markings on her bottles
• Her daughter made a color coded board for her medicines before but the medicines are outdated now

Interview

1. What medications are you taking?

I have this paper you can look at it. (Takes out a notebook paper with pencil writing of medications). I have this really long name medicine but at least it rhymes so I can remember it: carbidopa-levidopa. I have prednisone, this vitamin. I have this other vitamin B - I don't know why I have so many vitamins. I even drink Ensure. I have aspirin and pepcid, omeprazole. I have my thyroid one too. It's a long list. Here you can see the list..

1. When do you take your medicines?