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This handout lists agencies that offer financial aid and other help to cancer patients. Topics include employment concerns, low-income or disabled aid, legal help for people with low incomes, emergency housing, and emergency financial help.

This is a list of financial resources created to support Alvord Brain Tumor Center patients and their families.

This is a list of financial resources created to support UWMC Oncology (cancer) patients and their families.

This document is part of the "Rehab and Beyond" manual. It discusses how to pay for care and offers information about UWMC Financial Services, medicines, Medicare, Medicare Supplements, Medicaid, Basic Health Plan, Washington State Health Insurance Pool (WSHIP), Disability Income Insurance, and other options.

This handout provides information about planning income and insurance finances required for short-term and long-term decisions related to kidney/pancreas transplantation. This document is also a chapter in "Your Kidney/Pancreas Transplant Guide," which is available from Materials Management #171915.

This handout provides information about planning income and insurance finances required for short-term and long-term decisions related to liver transplantation. This document is also a chapter in "Your Liver Transplant Guide: At University of Washington Medical Center," which is available from Materials Management #UH1915.

This handout for parents of a baby in the NICU gives tips and reassurance for dealing with the emotional ups and downs of having a premature or ill infant.

This handout explains the fine needle aspiration procedure and signs to watch for once at home.

This handout gives finger-bending exercises that will improve how fingers move and function.

This handout gives finger-straightening exercises that will improve how fingers move and function.

This handout for people with diabetes offers tips about planning your shopping trip and for making good choices at the store.

This handout explains urethral cystoscopy. This procedure is done to diagnose problems in the bladder and urethra. This handout includes information on what to expect, how to prepare, risks, and recovery. 

This handout explains a flow-diverting stent, which is placed in an artery to keep blood from entering an aneurysm. It includes how to prepare for the procedure, what to expect, and self-care at home.

This handout provides a table for patients to record fluid intake and urine passed. It includes brief instructions for how to use the diary, and reminds the patient to bring it to their next clinic visit.

This handout is for patients who have been placed on a fluid-restricted diet. It gives basic guidelines and a list of foods that should be counted as part of fluid intake. It includes a table to help with measuring fluids and tips to help with fluid control. This information is especially helpful for patients with heart conditions or heart failure.

This handout explains a fluoroscopy-guided steroid joint injection, which is done to help treat arthritis pain. It includes how to prepare, what to expect, what happens after the injection, and how long the pain relief should last.

This handout gives step-by-step instructions on how to use an indwelling urethral (Foley) catheter.

This section of the Guide to Your Weight Loss Surgery explains clinic visits, blood tests, wound care, and other physical and emotional concerns in the weeks after surgery.

This document is part of the "Rehab and Beyond" manual. It covers outpatient rehabilitation and healthcare, the outpatient care team, choosing a primary care provider, preventive screenings and tests, prescription refills, and solving problems after discharge.

This handout for UW Medical Center liver transplant patients explains why follow-up care after having a transplant is vital to the long-term survival of the new organ. It includes symptoms and reasons to call members of the transplant team, and phone numbers to use.

This 1-page handout provides information for people who had their pacemaker generator changed at the Heart Institute at UWMC. It includes important phone numbers, and blank spaces to fill in dates and times of follow-up appointments.

This handout provides a format for clinicians to fill in specific dates and times for follow-up appointments after having an ICD generator change at the Heart Institute at UW Medical Center.

This handout provides a format for clinicians to fill in specific dates and times for follow-up appointments after an atrial fibrillation ablation at the Heart Institute at UW Medical Center.

This handout provides a format for clinicians to fill in specific dates and times for follow-up appointments after having an atrial flutter ablation at the Heart Institute at UW Medical Center.

This 2-page handout provides information for people who had their pacemaker placed at the Heart Institute at UWMC. It includes important phone numbers, and blank spaces to fill in dates and times of follow-up appointments.