Chronic Disease Management
Chronic Disease Management
Addressing chronic disease is a major challenge for healthcare systems around the world, which have largely developed to deal with acute episodic care, rather than to provide organized care for people with long-term conditions. Paramount Home Health Services offers a collaborative approach to disease management, involving the patient in the treatment process. This approach gives our patients self-management tools and instruction required to manage their disease in the comfort of home. We help our patients better understand their symptoms so they can be as independent as possible.
Subjects covered include:
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Techniques to deal with problems such as frustration, fatigue, pain, and isolation.
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Appropriate exercise for maintaining and improving strength, flexibility, and endurance.
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Appropriate use of medications.
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Communicating effectively with family, friends, and health professionals.
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Managing depression.
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Better breathing techniques.
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Relaxation techniques.
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Healthy eating habits.
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Making good decisions about your health.
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How to evaluate new treatments.
Chronic disease management requires individuals to be knowledgeable about the trajectory of their disease so that the patient and family members can identify abnormal symptoms. The goal of chronic disease management is to help patients self-identify an irregularity before the condition progresses to a life-threatening or highly debilitating level. In order to monitor the disease, chronically ill individuals are expected to have a regular health care provision team that understands the patient’s unique medical and social history.