WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) -Mixing up prescription medications may seem like a small problem, but it’s a harsh reality for many seniors.
For Wilmington native AJ Trelease, that reality hit home with his 97-year-old grandmother, who takes more than 20 medications daily and has been hospitalized for overconsumption of prescriptions because she forgets what she’s doing.
“We’re super close. I love her very much,” Trelease said. “Probably around 4 or 5 years old, I would play hide and seek with her without her knowing about it. So I’d go missing all the time, but really I’d just be hiding around her house.”…