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Patient Resources // Appointment Preparation
How to Prepare for Your In-take Appointment
Health Assessment:
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Complete the Lifestyle & Medical History Form and provide it to your Health Care Professional if it was not already provided.
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Prepare a list of prescription medications and recent lab work, if applicable, as well as any supplements and labels of unique foods that you eat regularly or that you want included in your nutrition plan. (e.g.: Cultural or religious-based food items such as Kosher or Halal)
Fitness Evaluation -
Complete the ParQPlus Form and provide it to your Health Care Professional.
Genetic Gene Test
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If you have not already sent in your saliva, a sample will be taken by asking you to spit into the test tube kit that was sent to you.
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DO NOT eat, drink, smoke or chew gum for 30 minutes before giving saliva sample.
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Complete the Genetic Test Consent Form and provide it to your Health Care Professional.
Metabolic Rate Test (RMR)
You will sit or recline comfortably while you breath into a tube for about 10 minutes.
NOTE: Metabolic test results will be inaccurate if instructions are not followed. Please advise your Health Care Professional if you were unable to comply with the following in-take criterion:
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DO NOT eat or drink anything except water for four hours before the test.
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Avoid all products that contain caffeine for 24 hours before the test. In general, caffeine is found in coffee, tea, colas and other soft drinks, most chocolate products, as well as strawberries (these contain a small amount of caffeine), as caffeine will interfere with the results of the test.
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Avoid decaffeinated or caffeine-free products for 24 hours before the test, as these products contain trace amounts of caffeine.
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Do not exercise or perform any vigorous physical activity on the day of your test.
IMPORTANT!
No Chewing Gum for
30 Minutes Prior
No Smoking for
30 Minutes Prior
No Caffeine for 24 Hours Prior
No Eating or drinking for 4 Hours Prior (Except water)
No Exercising Same Day
More Information
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Contact your insurance company to ask if your policy covers medical nutrition therapy by a Registered Dietitian for your diagnosis or health concern. (We can verify coverage for you)
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Appointments take up to 1 hour to complete.
If your appointment is at your Home:
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Allow for a 2 hour window for your appointment time.
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Your Health Care Professional will call when they are 15 to 20 minutes away.
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Your Health Care Professional will show you their Dalewood Health Photo ID badge before entering your home.
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Your Health Care Professional will need access to a regular power outlet to plug in the Metabolic testing machine.
If your appointment is at our Clinic:
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Arrive approximately 15 minutes prior to your appointment time and check in with the receptionist or client coordinator.
Save time by printing and completing the consent forms in advance of your appointment.
If you are unable to print the consent forms in advance, your Health Care Professional will provide you with blank copies and will help you complete them if needed.
Saliva Collection Kit
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A saliva collection kit will be sent to your home. Please complete the instructions for returning your saliva sample to our lab.
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If you wish to provide your saliva sample to our Health Care Team Member, please be sure to bring your saliva collection kit with you to your appointment.
For questions, concerns, or to schedule or reschedule an in-take appointment at your home or one of our clinics, please contact:
DALEWOOD CLIENT SERVICES
Toll Free: 1-866-441-1447, Press 3
or email: appointments@dalewoodclinic.com
Note: You must live within 75 kms of a clinic location to receive an intake appointment at your home, otherwise you will need to attend at the clinic nearest you.
