 | Michelle Gaborie LPN has been the Administrator for 5 years at Carrington Place and was previously the DON for 3.5 years. She has also been an LPN since 1992. For more information please contact Carrington Place 1909 E 4th St., Pittsburg, KS 66762, phone: 620-235-1212 |
Adult Care
2013-03-01 14:59:52
How can I keep medical professionals all on the same page?
Q-When I take my Mom to multiple doctors what would be the best way to keep everyone on the same page with her care?
A-Because more than half of adults over age 65 have at least three chronic conditions, steps should be taken to ensure that combined treatment strategies do not do more harm than good. The problem is that specialists sometimes focus only on their specific plan of care, often without taking a patient’s other conditions into account. As a result, a physician may be unaware of the interventions being prescribed by other doctors. To avoid unnecessary complications, older patients are urged to designate their primary care physicians or geriatricians, as their central coordinator, one who is aware of all of their patients’ ailments, interventions, and medications. That way, conflicting medical advice, overlapping therapies, and potential dangerous drug interactions can be avoided. Be sure to include the optometrist in the list of specialists as they prescribed eye drops that can affect other medications and this is overlooked often thinking “it’s just eye drops” but these are medications that go directly in the mucous membrane absorbing rapidly.
