{"id":2762,"date":"2019-04-15T14:00:45","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T19:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/?p=2762"},"modified":"2019-09-11T10:09:02","modified_gmt":"2019-09-11T15:09:02","slug":"supporting-a-loved-one-at-the-doctor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/2019\/04\/15\/supporting-a-loved-one-at-the-doctor\/","title":{"rendered":"Supporting a Loved One at the Doctor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Before the appointment:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ask your loved one for permission if they would be comfortable with you going to the doctor with them.<\/li>\n<li>Help prepare a list of questions or concerns to ask the doctor.<\/li>\n<li>List any recent changes in your health to give the doctor an updated health status.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>During the appointment:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Introduce yourself to the doctor and explain why you are at the appointment.<\/li>\n<li>Write down any instructions or suggestions the doctor gives the patient.<\/li>\n<li>Ask for clarification from the doctor, if necessary.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>After the appointment:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Call the doctor\u2019s office for any follow up questions or concerns.<\/li>\n<li>Ask the person if they would like new prescriptions to be picked up at the pharmacy.<\/li>\n<li>Remind your loved one when follow up appointments are scheduled.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before the appointment: Ask your loved one for permission if they would be comfortable with you going to the doctor with them. Help prepare a list of questions or concerns [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15482,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[200982],"tags":[163248,161655,894,152412,161650],"class_list":["post-2762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-caregiver-resources","tag-acupgc","tag-pgcacu","tag-acu","tag-aging","tag-pgc"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15482"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2762"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2766,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2762\/revisions\/2766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}