ABSTRACT

Introduction to Home HPN Before the Fact.........................................................354 How the Clinical Decision Is Made and Presented ..............................................355 Introduction of the HPN Team..............................................................................355 Training..................................................................................................................356 Insurance Issues .....................................................................................................356 Going Home: Transition from the Patient Role to the Consumer Role...............357 Integration of HPN into Everyday Life ................................................................358 Routine Communication with HPN Team ............................................................359 Complications ........................................................................................................359 What the Oley Foundation Can Do for the Consumer.........................................360 Psychosocial Issues................................................................................................361 Traveling ................................................................................................................362 Choices and Attitude .............................................................................................363 Children on HPEN.................................................................................................363 Other Issues ...........................................................................................................364