Let's talk "Frequent Fliers" !
I know every service must have their own share of regular repeat "customers". Being new, I haven't met all of ours yet. I know we have two diabetics that we visit at least once per month for hypo seizures. One generally does not take care of himself physically, and mismanages his diet. The other appears to be in quite good shape, we see him biking often, has an insulin pump and checks his sugar 15 times per day (it's what he told me anyway, yes everyone lies!).
I'd be interested to hear
I know every service must have their own share of regular repeat "customers". Being new, I haven't met all of ours yet. I know we have two diabetics that we visit at least once per month for hypo seizures. One generally does not take care of himself physically, and mismanages his diet. The other appears to be in quite good shape, we see him biking often, has an insulin pump and checks his sugar 15 times per day (it's what he told me anyway, yes everyone lies!).
I'd be interested to hear
- Your most common conditions that generate FF's (diabetic and resp?)
- If there is an obvious split between "this person is doing the best they can" and "this person is a bonehead making bad choices"
- If your service tries to provide any proactive services to reduce the FF calls