DOCTORS, HOSPITALIZATIONS, TRANSITIONAL CARE
- Manage TRANSITIONS and medications when discharged from hospitals or rehab facilities
- TRANSLATE medical terminology re: treatments and options to patient and family
- Review MEDICAL HISTORY prior to accompanying to doctor's appointments
- Ensure CONCERNS, facts, and questions are effectively presented to physicians
- Communicate with all your physicians and specialists to ensure CONTINUITY of medical care
- Create and keep current a TIMELINE of medical conditions, treatments, and medications
- RECONCILE medications for appropriate dosages and interactions
- Discuss RISKS AND BENEFITS of recommended tests and treatments
- Search for the most current TREATMENT PROTOCOLS; research clinical trials
- Anticipate and CIRCUMNAVIGATE potential health problems
- ASSESS home environment, make recommendations for safety and treatment plans
- Coordinate and SUPERVISE care of home health nurses, therapists, and caregivers
- Provide family counseling and SUPPORT for specialized medical needs
- INSURANCE and ADVANCED CARE DIRECTIVES
- Explain BENEFITS for Medicare, private, and long term health insurance
- APPEAL unreasonable insurance denials for medications or reasonable coverage
- Ensure Advance Care Directives accurately reflect patient's DESIRED end of life wishes
- Information and EDUCATION re: End of Life Options Act in California