Helping Teens with Epilepsy Transition to Adult Care

The healthcare transition is the process of getting you ready to manage your own healthcare and switch from pediatric doctors to adult providers.

Helping teens transition to adult epilepsy care - Children's Health

A pediatric neurologist helps families know when to begin transitioning their teen to adult epilepsy care and provides 6 tips to support them.

Youth transitioning materials (for adults) by Epilepsy Foundation Texas

Making a medical folder with your teen can help them learn to manage their health care information. For example, have your teen take the folder to all of ...

Teens - Epilepsy Foundation

Angel Hernandez and Dr. John M. Stern answer common questions they receive when helping children and parents transition from pedicatric to adult epilepsy care.

Epilepsy Resources for Health Care Professionals - AAP

The American Epilepsy Society recommends that CYE begin to work on their transition plan from pediatric care to adult care at around ages 10 to 13.

How to Support a Child or Teen with Epilepsy - HealthyChildren.org

Helping teens with epilepsy transition to adult health care · Keeping track of medications · Refilling prescriptions · Making doctor appointments.

Guiding young people toward managing their epilepsy care

Mayo Clinic has launched a multidisciplinary effort to help young people with epilepsy to transition to adult care.

Helping Teens with Epilepsy Transition to Adult Care

CHOP's Epilepsy Program is committed to helping teens prepare for and transition to an adult doctor. Contact the Pediatric Epilepsy Program.

Transitioning to Adult Care - Epilepsy Services Foundation

If you have a teen or pre-teen who will soon be transitioning from pediatric to adult care, you may have many questions on how to make this transition as ...

Doc Talk: Caring for Teens with Epilepsy | EpilepsyAdvocate

How can parents help encourage independence at home? Having the teen be responsible for taking their own antiseizure medications is a good place to start. But ...

Transition From Pediatric to Adult Epilepsy Care: A Difficult Process ...

When epilepsy does not remit in childhood, transition and transfer to adult care is eventually required. Youth must leave the family-centered approach of ...

Transition to adult care in epilepsy: Bridging the gap

For these adolescents, a successful transition plan covers various topics that will help the adolescent navigate the epilepsy care system, such as ...

The Epilepsy Transition to Adulthood: How To Help Your Child

According to the American Epilepsy Society, telehealth can increase access to care and quality of care for people with epilepsy. Your teen may consider a hybrid ...

Help youth with epilepsy to become competent and happy adults

Transition from nurturing, family-centered pediatric care to individually focused adult care may be difficult, although there is remarkably little objective ...

Living With Epilepsy: The Transition From Pediatric to Adult Health ...

The “successful” transition from a pediatric care to an adult care system for adolescents living with epilepsy is a complex process.

Preparing Adolescents With Epilepsy to Manage Care through ...

Assessment tool helps doctors ensure adolescents and young adults with epilepsy have the skills and confidence they need to take control of ...

Being an adolescent with epilepsy during the transition from ...

To explore the experiences and needs of adolescents with epilepsy (AWE) during the transition from pediatric to adult hospital care.

Epilepsy: addressing the transition from pediatric to adult care - PMC

A survey of transitional services for adolescents with epilepsy in 23 pediatric tertiary epilepsy centers in UK was conducted in 2011.11 It had ...

Epilepsy: Transition to adult health care - AboutKidsHealth

At some point a teenager with epilepsy, or any chronic condition, needs to transfer management of their epilepsy from a paediatric care setting ...

Epilepsy for Parents: Transition of Care from Pediatric to Adult ...

Starting the conversation early with your pediatric providers can help make transition easier. An early start allows for consistent planning, ...