Low health literacy has emerged as an important social and economic risk factor for medication non-adherence.  Individuals with low health literacy are 37% less likely to adhere to their medications.3  Many people 65 years of age and older have significant difficulty reading and comprehending medical information that is pertinent to their health.  The relationship between age and health literacy showed a strong trend, with the prevalence of inadequate health literacy steadily increasing from 15.6 percent of individuals aged 65 to 69 years to 58 percent of those aged 85 years or older.11  Inadequate health literacy is associated with less knowledge of chronic disease and worse self-management skills for patients.