Telehealth VS In-Office Visits with Roz Jones

Telehealth VS In-Office Visits with Roz Jones Alzheimer's Caregivers 57:00

How do we determine which doctor appointment is most appropriate?

None of us genuinely wants to go to the doctor. We go when we have to, hoping the medical professionals will help us feel better quickly. Some of us are good at scheduling regular wellness checkups, but even those appointments aren’t ones we look forward to with pleasure.

Doctor visits can be stressful for those caring for the chronically ill, especially if diagnosed with a degenerative cognitive disease. I could convince my Mom that we were going someplace fun, but it didn’t take long for her to figure out that was a lie. Somehow I communicated “doctor visit,” and she was never happy about that fact.

As Covid took over the globe in March 2020, in-person appointments became severely limited. The result was a rapid acceptance of telehealth appointments. Sometimes we do get a silver lining from the rain clouds.
How Do We Decide?
I’ve personally had two such appointments, one mainly for timing and convenience, the other because that’s all my doctor had available. I was thrilled with the first appointment; my problem was resolved, and my schedule was barely impacted. The second one was also not in-person, which slowed down my diagnosis and treatment. (For those who follow me closely on social media, you’ll know that I contracted Shingles at the end of June 2021.)

How do we determine which type of appointment is better? That’s the conversation I have with Roz Jones. Roz is a virtual Caregiver coach dedicated to taking a proactive approach to working with caregivers and their loved ones. This episode is Rozs’ second appearance on Fading Memories. If you missed her first show, you can find it here.

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After helping care for her grandmother who had vascular dementia, Jennifer realized her Mother was showing signs of early onset Alzheimer’s. After the death of her father in 2017 Jennifer went searching for answers to many of the common questions and Alzheimer’s caregiver faces. Being a busy entrepreneur Jennifer realized that a podcast would be the easiest way to learn more about caregiving while completing other tasks.

Sadly, in late 2017 she only found one and it didn’t quite address what she was looking for, so she did the next best thing, and started her own. The Fading Memories podcast is now in it’s fourth year and despite the death of her Mom in March 2020, Jennifer is still talking to caregivers and still learning how to be an excellent caregiver. On the podcast she discusses caregiving, brain health, self-care and how to age well.