Phases of Health

PHASE 1: Healthy

What should I do?

• Focus on wellness.
• Focus on prevention.
• Initiate my Living Will.
• Have family discussions about my wishes.

What might my provider do?

• Screening Tests
• Wellness Examinations

PHASE 2: New Diagnosis of Illness

What should I do?

• Initiate or review my Living Will.
• Manage my medications.
• Know my Action Plan.
• Have a close relationship with  my Primary Care Provider and my Medical Home.

What might  my provider do?

• Refer me to a Care Coordinator.
• Provide education on my Action Plan for my illness.
• Refer me to a Specialist.
• Refer me to Home Care.

PHASE 3: Management of Ongoing Illness

What should I do?

• Create an IPOST document.
• Review myLiving Will.

What might my provider do?

• Refer me to Palliative Care.
• Contact my Primary Care Provider.
• Procedures and Treatments

PHASE 4: Preparing for Difficult Decisions

What should I do?

• Assess  my end of life goals.
• Review  my IPOST.
• Review my Living Will.

What might my provider do?

• Refer me to Hospice.