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Hello, Welcome to the Evolve Senior Solutions, LLC blog by #A RN: Disclosed also known as Danielle Harris. Today’s blog post is a Caregiving Tips special. The tips for today is “Visiting the Doctor”. It is important that the person with Dementia (of whatever type) disease receive regular medical care; including the caregiver. As you know caring for a person living with Dementia takes planning and having a routine is best.  Planning and having a routine for visiting the doctor is the same. These tips are also effective for those not living Dementia, but may have disabiliites.

Visiting the Doctor: 
Scheduling: make the time of the appointment for the person’s best time of day. If they are a morning person, schedule for the morning. If there is evidence of sun downing then I would recommend not scheduling an appointment past 3pm. In addition, try to make only one appointment a day. Please, do not try to fit multiple appointments into one day, this will cause overstimulation, exhaustion, …

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This blog post this week is about the opioid epidemic.
No matter where you are, everyone has heard something about the current changes, laws, and regulations with opioids.

Opioids are a class of medications that include the synthetic (not natural) opioids such as fentanyl, and pain relievers available by prescription, such as oxycodone (OxyContin®), hydrocodone (Vicodin®), codeine, morphine, and many others. Opioid pain relievers are generally safe when taken for a short time and when taken as prescribed. However, they can produce euphoria in addition to pain relief, they can be misused (taken in a different way than prescribed). Misuse can lead to dependence and then overdose, which is how we have had deaths.

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