Tablets.

 

 Tablets, not the Ipad kind, the ones we take to make us better when we're ill.

 As you get older things in the human body start wearing out/going wrong.  Thats why lots of older people are on medication of one sort or anothe (and some young people)r, be it for high blood pressure, heart problems or any of a legion of other various conditions .

 One thing they pretty much all have in common is you have to take them at regular times (mostly) and not stop taking them without consulting your doctor unless it's a set course of medication.

 Thats all well and good.... Except... Sometimes they can be hard to take!

 To be fair I dont have any issues taking tablets, I can swallow them dry if needs be (not a great idea) but a problem I do have is getting the bloody things out of the packets.  You see I take a few different tablets twice a day.  They come from the chemist in a paper bag... inside of which is a plastic bag.

 Inside the plastic bag it the box, sealed shut.  Once you've prised your way down to the card of tablets you can take your dose... or can you?  You see my meds have changed, from one brand of tablet to a different (cheaper?) brand.  Now I dont mind that.  The problem I have is getting the tablet out of the foil card.

 My God the foil is thick, way too thick if you ask me.  I'm breaking the tablets pushing them through the foil.  Now I can still take them, but now I'm taking powder instead of a tablet.  Oh God they taste bad, really bad!!!

 So now I'm left with using a knife to cut the foil.  Not the end of the world you say.  Well no it's not.  But I'm a burly bloke with all his fingers working.  Not an 90 years old lady with stiffened fingers and dodgy joints.  If I cant get them out of the packing how is the old lady supposed to?

 Will she just stop bothering when it gets hard to get them out?  Not everybody has someone to help get them out of the packing, or able to do it themselves.

 So if you have elderly or infirm realitives or neighbours next time you see them ask if they need any help getting their tablets out of the packing.  They might be glad of the help.