Nursing Care Coordination

Eliza One, Inc.  provides occasional or routine nursing support to maintain healthy independence at home.  

Mom & Dad

 As the eldest daughter with a nursing background when the time came that my parents needed help I was able to coordinate their medical care.  Blessed with 3 sisters we worked together to help balance their needs with the complexities of the medical system and a wide variety of disconnected provider services.  Loving my parents I found the role of nursing care coordination both fascinating and challenging as we all worked to advocate for what they needed and also what they didn’t want so they would always be treated with dignity during illness and end of life. 

 

Services Include:  

  1. Medical Appointments:  Provide escort, clinical advocacy, follow up communication and documentation.
  2. Evaluate: review medical information, insurance requirements and coordinate information so you can make good decisions for yourself or family member.  
  3. Monitor  for Safety:  Review of home environment; medication review with client, physician or pharmacist and weekly med set up for client.  
  4. Companionship * Respite Care or Customized services available based on individual needs and requests. 

Are you up to date on your aging parent’s medical history, what about their medications?  Do you know if they are taking their medications on time, the right dose, are the pills expired or should some be discontinued?  Perhaps they need assistance and doing the medication set up for them on a weekly basis is one of the best ways to gently start monitoring their health needs, it’s a great touch point for noticing changes that you just can’t put off anymore.  We set up my Dad’s pills using a medication container  for the week, he liked being able to pull out the daily section and just putting it in his pocket if he was going out for the day.     

Another one of the simple things Dad asked us to do was create a current list of his medications so when he was asked what medications he took he would pull out his list which he kept in his wallet.  This allowed Dad to maintain his dignity rather than having him be embarrassed because he couldn’t remember the names of his medications.  I kept all he pertinent information in a document; Dad’s doctors, clinics, medical history, medications and his recent vital signs so it was available when my family called me with a concern or if I had to call the clinic with a question about his care needs.    

Perhaps this is a good time to talk to your aging parent about a “little” assistance with their health needs and if you should need a little assistance to get this started then give me a call, I look forward to helping you and your parents.  

Eliza One, Inc.  Like a daughter, sister, friend… easing life transitions.      

Mary Elizabeth

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