Making the Transition Top Tips
Top tips to plan your transition to adult health care services.
Top Tips
- Find out which adult service you will be transferring to. Try to arrange to visit or make a phone call to the clinic before you move – this way you will find out what to expect at the first visit.
- As you get older, you will be expected to answer questions about your medical history, medication and treatments – try to find out as much as you can and maybe make some notes for yourself.
- Give some thought to your first visit to the adult clinic. Consider the questions you would like to ask and maybe make a list to take with you.
- Continue to look after your medications and/or treatments – you will be better able to talk to your health care team by doing this.
- Think about your lifestyle choices (exercise, nutrition, hobbies, sport, education) –and the possible effects these could have on your condition. Aim to achieve a healthy match with your condition and lifestyle.
- If you can, start to contact your healthcare team yourself – arrange appointments, ask about medications and hospital visits.
Making the Transition Top Tips
Top tips to plan your transition to adult health care services.
Top Tips
- Find out which adult service you will be transferring to. Try to arrange to visit or make a phone call to the clinic before you move – this way you will find out what to expect at the first visit.
- As you get older, you will be expected to answer questions about your medical history, medication and treatments – try to find out as much as you can and maybe make some notes for yourself.
- Give some thought to your first visit to the adult clinic. Consider the questions you would like to ask and maybe make a list to take with you.
- Continue to look after your medications and/or treatments – you will be better able to talk to your health care team by doing this.
- Think about your lifestyle choices (exercise, nutrition, hobbies, sport, education) –and the possible effects these could have on your condition. Aim to achieve a healthy match with your condition and lifestyle.
- If you can, start to contact your healthcare team yourself – arrange appointments, ask about medications and hospital visits.
Reading the material on this website and listening to or reading the ‘transition stories’ will help prepare you for transition.
In this way, you will gain more information and confidence that will support you through the process. The important thing is that you will see that you are not alone. Your parent(s)/guardian(s) and health care team are there to support you and help you to manage the move to adult services. There is no single transition process or programme in Ireland but it is helpful to think of the process as including the following three stages:
Reading the material on this website and listening to or reading the ‘transition stories’ will help prepare you in some way for transition.
In this way, you will gain more information and confidence that will support you through the process. The important thing is that you will see that you are not alone.
Your parent(s)/guardian(s) and health care team are there to support you and help you to manage the move to adult services. There is no single transition process or programme in Ireland but it is helpful to think of the process as including the following three stages:
