Location: Foothills Medical Centre
Offers education and support to adult patients and their families to manage their enteral tube or intravenous feeding therapy at home.This is a specialized service for adult patients in Southern Alberta requiring enteral / parenteral nutrition therapy for a non-functioning or inaccessible gut. Provides: enteral and parenteral supplies education to manage their care at home, usually with a support person and in some cases with Home Care support ongoing monitoring plus 24-hour on-call telephone nursing support in conjunction with the primary care physician
This is a specialized service for adult patients in Southern Alberta requiring enteral / parenteral nutrition therapy for a non-functioning or inaccessible gut.
Provides:
Foothills Medical Centre
Parking available
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Monday8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Tuesday8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Wednesday8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Thursday8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Friday8:00 am - 4:00 pm
On-call 24 hours nursing coverage.
Provides services to adult patients only. Eligibility will be assessed by AVAS registered nurses.
Individual cases are reviewed by a multidisciplinary team to ensure they meet all eligibility requirements.
Healthcare providers should consult the Alberta Referral Directory for service referral information.
A authorized prescriber must refer to the Southern Alberta Adult Home Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition Program.
Can be up to 5 days.
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