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2. Table OF Content: 1. Geriatric Care 2. Geriatrics 3. Las Vegas Doctor 4. Medicare 5. House Call Physician 6. House Call Doctor 7. First Visit with a House Call Doctor Primarymedicalgroup.com Twitter

3. Geriatric Care Aging is something that is both beautiful and a little scary for many people. As we age, we become wiser, and more comfortable in our own selves. We have lives filled with wonderful memories to enjoy. But at the same time, our bodies are beginning to experience some health problems, and that is something that we aren’t always comfortable facing. That is why doctors like Shahab Mokhtare from Las Vegas specialize in geriatric care, to help you navigate the waters of growing older. The most common health concerns as we age include arthritis, cancer, heart disease, respiratory illnesses, dementia or Alzheimer’s, osteoporosis, diabetes, and depression. These health concerns can be mild and easily treated, or they can result in being home bound and unable to leave to visit a doctor, particularly if you rely on mobility-assisting tools to move around, or if you cannot use traditional transportation. If you become so ill that you can’t visit the doctor’s office, how can you get the medical care that you need? This is the issue that Dr. Shahab Mokhtare in Las Vegas faced when he founded Primary Medical Group. We have a network of geriatric care specialists just like Dr. Mokhtare who can come to your house and offer you the medical care you need, as well as other quality care providers that offer services that we cannot. Some people are shocked to hear that doctors still make house calls in this day and age, but it’s true! Our care providers will visit you in your home, and do total health assessments, diagnostics, treatments, and give you all the care you would receive at a standard doctor’s appointment. In order to serve the home bound elderly community, Dr. Shahab Mokhtare of Las Vegas has created this service, and puts his expertise in geriatric care to use ensuring that patients can stay in their own homes and have improved quality of life. Geriatrics The old stereotype of the “grumpy old man” is something that has plagued the field of geriatrics medicine for decades. One of the most common psychiatric illnesses that occurs in elderly patients is depression, which can manifest as “grumpiness” to relatives or caregivers. When patients become home bound due to illness or injury, it can be even more difficult to help them manage clinical depression. Being home bound means that a person requires special transportation in order to leave, or cannot leave the home at all due to a medical condition. One of the services that we offer at Primary Medical Primarymedicalgroup.com Twitter

4. Group is treatments for depression. While these are ideas that we recommend to family members or caregivers help their geriatric loved ones or patients, elderly patients can use these ideas themselves to help beat the blues. Bringing the party to a home bound geriatrics patient is one way to manage a bout with depression. Talking to people is a powerful remedy, especially for those that can’t get out to be surrounded by energy and activity on their own. If family or friends can’t come to the home of an elderly loved one, phone calls, letters, emails, or even online chatting can help. Also, it’s important that those who suffer from depression know that its okay to accept their feelings. Even during times when we feel we are “supposed” to be happy, like around holidays or birthdays, there is nothing wrong with being out of the spirit. Acknowledging depression is often the first step in managing it, and developing a personalized geriatrics care plan that addresses this illness. From a medical standpoint, a serious and sudden bout of depression may be linked to a new medication. It’s important that the doctors and geriatrics care team at Primary Medical Group be made aware of any feelings of depression or anxiety, so that they can assess medications and treatments. A small adjustment can make all the difference for a patient, and help them live a happier and more fulfilled life, even while home bound. Las Vegas Doctor One of the many conditions that we offer services for at Primary Medical Group is diabetes, and one of the services that our quality medical partners offer is diabetes counseling. If you have diabetes, but you’ve never heard of diabetes counseling,chances are you’ve experienced it from your Las Vegas doctor. There are several things that fall under the umbrella of diabetes counseling. When your Las Vegas doctor spends time talking to you about what diabetes is, how nutrition and exercise can manage it, and what kinds of medical treatments are available to you, this is one form of diabetes counseling. These types of counseling programs include information about meal planning, label reading, blood glucose monitoring, managing side effects, and how to prevent specific complications related to diabetes. There is a lot to understand about diabetes, how it affects your total health, and how you can manage each and every aspect. Our Las Vegas doctor partners can offer all the education you need to stay healthy even while you manage diabetes. However, another form of diabetes counseling is psychiatric care. Speaking to a Las Vegas doctor about how diabetes affects your life, how it affects your relationships, and what kinds of stress you have experienced specifically due to being diagnosed with diabetes, can often help you feel better about a diagnosis that can be extremely frustrating. Becoming overwhelmed or embarrassed with the lengths that you have to go to to manage diabetes isn’t something you have to struggle with alone. Speaking to Primarymedicalgroup.com Twitter

5. a diabetes counselor can result in a new acceptance of your body and your life, and make it much easier to live more comfortably. By combining both forms of diabetes counseling, and offering these services right in your home for patients who are medically home bound (meaning they require the use of mobility aids, or have a condition that require them to avoid leaving the home), Primary medical group helps you create a lifestyle that allows you to do more than just live, but also to thrive. Medicare One of the most common risks for the elderly, or home bound patients, is diabetes. The American diet and lifestyle have led to conditions that put most citizens at risk for diabetes, particularly as they get older or are unable to utilize traditional health advice due to disability. If a medical condition makes it impossible for a patient to leave the home, or requires the use of mobility aids or special transportation, it can be impossible to get to a gym or even to walk around the block. But diabetes isn’t an unmanageable disease. Medicare patients may find that they are able to control their diabetes even easier when they choose to work with us at Primary Medical Group. Medicare covers the cost of diabetes screening tests, so for patients that haven’t been diagnosed, Primary Medical Group can ensure that you have received the screenings you need, and can either rule out diabetes, or begin offering you the right treatment to manage it. Medicare also covers the cost of most of the supplies that diabetic patients need. These include control solutions, monitors, test strips, and even therapeutic shoes if necessary. When you schedule an appointment with Primary Medical Group, be sure to ask if you could benefit from a Medicare-covered diabetes screening test. Another great way that Medicare can help control diabetes is by covering the time of a self- management trainer. A health care provider from Primary Medical Group can come to your home and provide you with the understanding you need to monitor your blood sugar, change your lifestyle, and manage your health care plan for the best control over your diabetes. While the patients that we at Primary Medical Group serve are home bound, other Medicare patients can also take advantage of the Everyone with Diabetes Counts service, offered totally free of charge to Medicare patients who live in qualifying areas. This service is a weekly group meeting that helps patients learn how to control their diabetes, and offers a support network while patients learn to take control of their health. House Call Physician Primarymedicalgroup.com Twitter

6. Throughout history, house call physicians were the standard way for most people to receive medical care. From the time of medicine men and shamans, up till the 1950s, medical care was most often provided within the home. It wasn’t until recent decades that doctors became hidden away in offices that patients had to visit. One of the main reasons why the house call physician vanished in recent history is because of advancements in equipment. As diagnostic and treatment tools have developed, there is now a need for a central location where doctors can use these tools. Most of their equipment is large, bulky, and requires very specific conditions to work properly. This has cut back on the iconic image of a doctor with their special black bag visiting a patient’s home. However, the rise of the house call physician in recent years may indicate a growing trend that could affect the future of medicine. As the Baby Boomer population gets older, and nursing care facilities are less able to provide care for the growing elderly population, it has become necessary for physicians, like those at Primary Medical Group, to offer care to home bound patients. These are patients who have a condition that makes leaving the home impossible, or patients who require mobility assistance and special transportation to do so. In order to help doctors meet this need, it could change the way that our medical technology develops from here on. Portable versions of the diagnostic and treatment tools are likely to be the next big thing in medicine, as well as more medical partnerships, like Primary Medical Group, that offer qualified services from a variety of providers to present patients with a total-health solution. The medical future is also likely to see changes in the way services are priced, because things like travel time and liability implications will become more and more a part of the services offered by house call physicians. House Call Doctor There are many reasons why a patient would choose to work with a Primary Medical Group house call doctor instead of going to a doctor’s office. When choosing your primary care doctor that you visited in- office, there were likely a few things you considered before choosing the best doctor. When a patient becomes home bound, meaning they cannot leave home due to a medical condition, or they require the daily assistance of a care giver, they may feel like they don’t have a choice with their home care doctor. But just like you can take your time to choose a great physician outside the home, you also have control when choosing the best doctor to visit you at home. The availability of the house call doctor is a very important factor to keep in mind when choosing the best doctor. If you run out of essential medications on the weekend, or become ill over a holiday, will the doctor be able to visit you, or will they have on-call medical staff that can offer you help so that you don’t have to go to an emergency clinic? Some doctors or medical groups only offer emergency visits to Primarymedicalgroup.com Twitter

7. established patients. At Primary Medical Group, we prefer to allow patients to form long-term relationships with their caregivers. It’s also important to look at the list of services and equipment that the doctor or medical group has access to, to ensure that they will be able to provide you with the best care. For example, at Primary Medical Group, we have a comprehensive service menu that includes care for everything from asthma and diabetes to congestive heart failure and depression. We also coordinate services that we don’t offer with reputable partners. Finally, it’s important to look for reviews of a potential house call doctor, to find out if their current patients are happy with the care they receive. If the medical group has a social media presence, such as our primary medical group Facebook and Twitter accounts, you may be able to see for yourself how they interact with patients, and learn more about their ability to respond in a timely and caring manner. First Visit with a House Call Doctor If you’ve never had a visit with a house call doctor before, you may not know exactly what will happen, or how you should prepare. Perhaps you are newly home bound, and have just begun needing special mobility aids or transportation; or maybe you are totally home bound due to a medical condition. If you’ve chosen Primary Medical Group to visit you in your home, the first step is to relax. You chose us to come to you to make the process easier, not more stressful. The medical group or doctor you chose should provide you with instructions when you make your first appointment, but here are a few things to keep in mind about preparing for your first visit: Just like going to the doctor’s office, you will need to have your medical insurance information ready when you make the appointment, and you may need to have your insurance information ready for verification when the house call doctor arrives. If you are using Primary Medical Group, you must be a Medicare patient. Supplemental PPO Medicare insurance is also accepted. You must also be home bound as defined by Medicare, which means you require the assistance of a daily caregiver, or you have a condition in which mobility and transportation is a problem. For the first visit, the house call doctor Las Vegas from Primary Medical Group will bring basic medical supplies to perform an overall health examination, as well as any specialized equipment that is required for your specific health needs. You should have a list of all medications you take, and treatments that you receive, so that your doctor can accurately assess what you need at this time. Just like going to the doctor’s office, your house call doctor is there to provide you with all the information you need to remain as healthy as possible. Before your doctor comes for your first visit, take Primarymedicalgroup.com Twitter

8. some time to write down any questions you may have for them regarding your health or quality of life. It can be much easier to get the information you need if you aren’t trying to remember all your questions during the exam. And be sure to record any information that the doctor offers, so that you can review and adopt any instructions or suggestions later. Primarymedicalgroup.com Twitter