Nutrition
What does a Registered Dietitian do?
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Helps you make changes in your eating and activity behaviours to improve your health or manage existing health conditions
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Works together with you to create a nutrition care plan to fit your lifestyle and preferences with a focus on setting small, realistic goals at each visit
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Works closely with your family physician, nurse, mental health counsellor and other team members to provide better care, together
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May recommend bloodwork to identify your nutritional needs and measure progress
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Discusses what, when, and how to eat to improve health and also explore the reasons behind why we eat the way we do
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Provides nutrition advice
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Improves heart health by lowering cholesterol and high blood pressure
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Helps with chronic disease such as pre-diabetes, diabetes, kidney, cancer, osteoporosis
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Provides dietary strategies to manage gastrointestinal issues in irritable bowel syndrome, celiac disease, and food intolerances
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Gives you information about nutritional deficiencies including iron deficiency and pernicious anemia
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Program & Services
Prescription Renewals
What do you do if you are out of your prescription medication and your pharmacy vial says there are no more refills left?
Certainly, calling your doctor is an option, but supposed it’s a weekend or a holiday and your doctor’s office is closed?
Your pharmacist may be able to renew your prescription. Your pharmacist will assess your particular situation and will ensure that:
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Your medication is for a chronic condition
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You are stable on the medication and it is working the way it should for your condition
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The medication is not a narcotic or controlled drug.
If your pharmacist decides to renew your prescription, he or she will become the prescriber of record but will always inform the original prescriber about what action was taken and the reason behind the decision.
It is also important to know that pharmacist-authorized renewals are not intended to replace regular visits with your primary care provider. Your pharmacist may opt to provide a renewal quantity that is sufficient to cover you until you can see your doctor or nurse practitioner.
For more information, visit the Ontario Pharmacist Association website at https://www.opatoday.com/public
Registered Social Worker
Social Work services are available to patients of the FHT who are 16 years of age and older. Some issues that social workers deal with are depression, anxiety, grief, stress management and chronic pain.
Programs:
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Chronic Pain Program and Chronic Disease Program: These two programs are run independently, participants do not have to attend both. They are both 6 weeks in length and are free of charge. Participants do not have to be a patient of the Family Health Team to participate in either program, although preference is given to these individuals. Caregivers are also welcome. Topics covered include-pacing your day, relaxation and fatigue management.
Registered Dietitian
Registered Dietitian offers
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Counselling related to nutritional management and prevention of chronic disease such as Obesity, Dyslipidemia, Hypertension, Heart Disease, Stroke, Cancer, Chronic Respiratory Disease, Pre-Diabetes and Diabetes; as well as other disorders where diet is a recognized treatment; Gastro-intestinal Disorders, Renal diseases and Osteoporosis.
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Mental Health Care related to eating disorders and emotional or compulsive eating.
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Family care which involves prenatal nutrition recommendations, helping with menu planning for families and nutrition recommendations for childhood feeding problems.
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Food Allergies
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General nutrition counseling for healthy lifestyle management
OTN Telepsychiatry Clinics
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In order to enhance access and quality of care for our patients, as well as reducing wait times and unnecessary travel, we offer onsite Telemedicine services through the Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN).
Telemedicine is the provision of health care by means of telecommunications and information technology.
Our TelePsychiatry Clinic allows individuals to be seen by a psychiatrist in real time through technological capability. The individual presents at the Great Northern Family Health Team and we are able to connect remotely with the psychiatrist.
OTN Dermatology Clinics
In order to enhance access and quality of care for our patients, as well as reducing wait times and unnecessary travel, we offer onsite Telemedicine services through the Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN).
Telemedicine is the provision of health care by means of telecommunications and information technology.
Our TeleDerm Clinic allows our providers to take a digital photo of a skin condition and send it electronically to a Dermatologist for a quick diagnosis.
Memory Clinics
Memory clinics are a specialty clinic dedicated to helping patients with memory difficulties. On the day of appointment, our team of skilled professionals will complete a thorough assessment and provide your family doctor with result to help them provide the best care.
Information provided to your doctor, along with blood tests and possible diagnostic imaging complement our assessment process. This allows us to provide recommendations to improve memory and other cognitive functions.
Our goal is to help patients with memory difficulties maintain independent living and the best quality of life for as long as possible.