Heart Failure Questions for the Provider
Use this list to help prepare questions for the provider ahead of time. This will help you make the most of your loved one's next appointment.
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Heart Failure Questions for the Provider
Use this list to help prepare questions for the provider ahead of time. This will help you make the most of your loved one's next appointment.
How Do I Address Heart Failure Exacerbation?
Your loved one has heart failure and their symptoms have suddenly worsened. It may just be a bad day, but it could be an exacerbation.
End Stage Heart Failure
For your loved one with end stage heart failure, it’s important to know what to expect and plan for the future.
What's Involved with Heart Failure Diagnosis?
In most cases, heart failure develops slowly over time from long-term medical conditions, and in the early stage, may have no signs or symptoms.
Heart Failure Causes and Prevention
In most cases, heart failure develops slowly over time from long-term medical conditions, and in the early stage, may have no signs or symptoms.
What You Can Do to Help with COPD Treatment
Although COPD is not curable, it is treatable. Informed, aggressive, early treatment can change the course and slow progression of the disease.
Stages of COPD
COPD is not curable but it is manageable. Knowing the stages of COPD and how it will progress helps you anticipate needs, treatment, and interventions.
Signs that COPD is Getting Worse
There are many indicators that your loved one's COPD is getting worse. Talk with your loved one about these changes and notify the provider.
COPD Self-Care
Your loved one wants to be independent, in control, and not a burden. They can help you by helping themselves, so guide and support them in self-care.
Avoiding Hospitalization for COPD
Your loved one has been hospitalized for treatment of a COPD exacerbation. What you need to know about decreasing the need for hospitalization.
Anticipate COPD Exacerbations (Flares)
Your loved one with COPD has suddenly worsening symptoms. You both may think it's just a bad day, but it could be COPD exacerbation (a.k.a. flare).
COPD Requires Energy Conservation Techniques
Like LED lightbulbs, humans can also use energy more efficiently and still power their purpose - even last longer.
