An apparatus for dispensing medications, including: a portable cassette including with a body portion including a plurality of cassette compartments and at least one lid displaceable with respect to the body portion to enable access to the cassette compartments in a predetermined sequence； and a pill-dispenser including at least one dispensing compartment arranged to store respective pills of at least one respective medication； a dispensing element configured to release the respective pills from the at least one dispensing compartment； and a cassette element arranged to receive the portable cassette and displace the portable cassette so that at least one of the in respective pills falls into each cassette compartment. After the at least one of the respective pills fall into said each cassette compartment: the portable cassette is removable from the pill-dispenser； and the lid is displaceable to control access to the cassette compartments.
