Keep Your Senior Medical Supply Stocked With These 5 Essentials

Improve senior comfort and health 

Everyone wants to live a healthy, independent life. But as we grow older, it gets harder to do so without a bit of help. 

A well-stocked senior medical supply ensures that elderly adults can continue to manage their lives and perform everyday tasks, helping them to reduce pain, improve their mobility and stay safe during their golden years. 

Whether you’re managing the inventory of a nursing home or caring for a loved one during their time of need, Walmart Business can help keep your cabinets stocked with these essential senior medical supplies.

Five essentials that belong in your senior medical supply

Medication

Elderly adults often need to take a combination of prescription and over-the-counter medication to help them manage pain and keep them healthy. Working with doctors and local pharmacies will ensure a regularly scheduled supply of prescription medications—many pharmacies will deliver directly to a patient’s home or business. 

To help fill the gaps, you can work with Walmart Business to set up regular deliveries of generic over-the-counter medications and vitamins to help manage headaches, allergies, cold and flu symptoms and other everyday maladies. 

Walmart Business+ also offers free delivery of other vital senior medical supplies right to your nursing home or senior living center at the everyday low prices Walmart is known for. We’ll even help you track your expenses, ensuring you get the best value for your money. Sign up for a 30-day free trial today.

In addition to having the necessary pills on hand, a medication organizer and pill-splitter are two crucial tools that can help elderly adults keep their medications straight. 

First aid

Our bodies become more susceptible to injury and infection as we age, and the healing process is far slower. To prevent the risk of long-term damage, consider having first-aid kits placed in convenient areas throughout a nursing home or senior care facility

The number of kits you should have on hand will depend on how many people you or your facility cares for. It’s handy to keep kits in bathrooms, bedrooms, living areas and other spaces where they can be readily available in an emergency. 

Mobility aids

Growing older often means a change—sometimes gradual, sometimes sudden—in our ability to perform the physical activities that we used to. Even walking can become difficult without help.

Mobility aids come in many forms, but all of them have one goal: to make it easier for elderly adults to get around independently. Some people may only need a cane while others require additional assistance in the form of walkers or wheelchairs. Others may need even more help in the form of motorized assistance, like electric scooters.

Also, think about installing tools like handrails and grab bars, bathtub transfer benches, shower seats and toilet risers to make sitting down and standing up throughout the day less difficult.

Personal hygiene supplies

Keeping common areas and personal spaces clean is always a good idea, but it’s essential for senior health. Disinfectant wipes, gloves and other disposable paper products placed throughout the larger facility and within individual living areas reduce the spread of infection and disease risk. Incontinence supplies such as adult diapers, underpads and waterproof mattress protectors are also wise to have on hand.

Monitoring devices

High blood pressure (also known as hypertension) is extremely common in older adults. In fact, nearly three-quarters of all U.S. adults over the age of 65 have it. 

Providing monitors will help keep track of blood pressure levels. High blood pressure often contributes to conditions like dementia, and can even lead to strokes, so simply paying attention can go a long way toward maintaining good health.

Diabetes is also common among seniors, with nearly 30% of people over the age of 65 currently living with this chronic disease. Having a glucometer on hand can help you monitor the blood glucose level of those in your care.

Get all the supplies you need with Walmart Business+

Staying on top of your senior medical supply inventory will ensure that you’re providing the best quality care, whether you’re running a senior living center with dozens of residents or taking care of a single person. 

But if you’ve wondered, “Where can I find senior medical supplies near me?” you’re in luck. Walmart Business+ offers fast, free delivery of all the supplies you need right from your local Walmart store. Plus, you’ll unlock limited-time offers and analytics tools that will help you save even more money.

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