Dr. Jason Saylor, DO
Board-certified in family medicine, Chief Medical Officer
Video visits across Florida · in person in Tampa (Carrollwood)
Senior Care · Telehealth for Florida residents
Telehealth senior care for Florida adults 65+
Video visits with a family medicine physician who reviews every medication and keeps your care coordinated.
- Accepting new patients
- Video visits for Florida residents
- Family can join the call
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Quick answer
Telehealth senior care at Ascend Mind and Body is provided by Dr. Jason Saylor, DO, a board-certified family medicine physician, for adults 65 and older in Florida: medication reviews, chronic condition follow-ups and lab reviews by secure video, with a family member on the call when you want one. Hands-on exams are at our Tampa (Carrollwood) office. We work with many major commercial plans and offer self-pay options. Coverage varies by plan and service. Our team will confirm with you.
How it works
Request a visit
Send the form or call (813) 670-3331. A care coordinator calls you back, usually within one business day, and confirms your coverage before your first visit.
A longer first visit
Dr. Jason Saylor, DO, reviews your history and every medication, by video or in person in Tampa (Carrollwood).
Follow-ups from home
Chronic conditions, lab results and medication changes are followed by video, with family able to join when you want them there.
Book with your clinician
The clinician who will see you.
Booking opens the clinician’s Zocdoc calendar in a new tab, set to new-patient video visits. Prefer to talk to someone first? Use the form and a care coordinator will call you.
What happens by video, and what needs the office
By secure video
- Medication reviews
- Follow-ups for blood pressure, diabetes and other chronic conditions
- Lab result reviews, with family on the call
Telehealth visits are for patients who are physically in Florida at the time of the visit. Florida residents only.
At our Tampa (Carrollwood) office
- Exams that need hands and a stethoscope
- New symptoms that need to be examined in person
What a video visit can take care of
Much of primary care after 65 is conversation, review and planning, and that part works well from your own chair. With Dr. Jason Saylor, DO, a telehealth visit for an older adult in Florida can include:
- Chronic condition follow-up. Blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, cholesterol and thyroid care, reviewed alongside recent labs and any readings you keep at home.
- Lab reviews. Blood is drawn at a Quest or LabCorp close to home, and Dr. Saylor goes over the results with you on camera.
- Medication reconciliation. Every pill, patch, inhaler and eye drop on one list, checked for duplicates, interactions and prescriptions that may no longer be needed.
- Coordination with your specialists. With your consent, notes from your cardiologist or other doctors are brought into the plan, so one treatment does not work against another.
The bottle check
Before a medication review, gather everything you take into one place: prescriptions from every doctor, over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, supplements and herbal products, including the ones you only use now and then. The National Institute on Aging points out that older adults often manage several conditions and take many medicines, which raises the risk of side effects. Holding each bottle up to the camera lets Dr. Saylor read the label himself instead of relying on memory.
Planning topics worth bringing up
Medicare.gov publishes a list of what its yearly wellness visit includes. Even read on its own, that list doubles as a practical planning checklist for any older adult and the family helping them:
- A health risk questionnaire, and a review of your medical and family history
- A review of the prescriptions you take now
- Routine measurements such as height, weight and blood pressure
- A cognitive assessment that looks for signs of dementia
- A written schedule of the screenings, vaccines and other preventive care you are due for
- An offer to talk about advance directives
- A look at risk factors for substance use, and a review of pain treatment if you take opioids
On advance directives specifically: under Florida law, an advance directive can name a health care surrogate, an adult you choose to make health care decisions for you and to receive your health information. It can also include a living will about life-prolonging procedures. You decide whether your surrogate can act right away or only if you can no longer decide for yourself. These are easier conversations to have early, with the people you trust listening in.
Most of these topics are conversations that can happen over video. Measurements and anything hands-on belong at the office. If a memory check raises questions, a fuller evaluation of memory and thinking is available through our psychological testing team, and our geriatric psychiatry providers can help when mood or sleep is part of the picture.
When a family caregiver joins the call
With your permission, your husband or wife, a grown son or daughter, or a paid caregiver can join a video visit. That can mean the person who manages the pill organizer is part of the conversation without a drive to the office or a lost afternoon at work.
Making the most of it
- Agree on roles ahead of time. One person keeps notes, and the patient speaks first about how they are feeling.
- Write the questions down. A short list keeps the visit from ending before the most important one gets asked.
- Put the medication list in the right hands. Whoever picks up the refills usually knows what is actually being taken.
- Ask about a HIPAA release. If a family member should be able to hear updates from the office between appointments, a release can be signed at your first appointment.
The patient stays in charge of their own care. A caregiver on the call is there to help remember, ask and follow through.
What still needs the Tampa (Carrollwood) office
Video has limits, and it helps to know them up front. These need Dr. Saylor in the same room, at 3971 Moran Rd Ste 101:
- A physical exam, including listening to the heart and lungs
- A baseline exam at the start of care, when one can be arranged
- A new symptom that has to be seen or felt, not only described
- Balance and gait checks, and anything else that depends on watching you stand and walk
Home visits are not offered. If getting to the office is difficult, mention it when you call so the care team can plan around it.
Video is also not for emergencies. If something feels like an emergency, call 911 rather than waiting for a scheduled visit.
Getting the technology ready
No new equipment is needed. Any phone, tablet or computer with a camera and microphone will work, and there is nothing to install. On the day of the visit, a secure link arrives by email or text, and you tap it to join. The team walks you through it the first time.
The day before
Charge the device and make sure you can open email or text messages on it. If a family member is helping, try a practice call together.
Ten minutes ahead
Sit somewhere quiet, with a lamp or window in front of you rather than behind you. Put in hearing aids, keep your glasses close and turn the volume up.
Within reach
Your medication bottles, any blood pressure or blood sugar log you keep, and your written questions.
If the picture freezes
Tap the link again to rejoin. If that does not work, call the office at (813) 670-3331.
Where you can be seen
By secure video anywhere in Florida, or in person at our office.
By video
Anywhere in Florida, from home
- Same clinicians as our office visits
- No drive and no waiting room
- For Florida residents, on a phone or laptop
In person
Tampa (Carrollwood) office
Ascend Mind and Body of Tampa3971 Moran Rd Ste 101
Tampa, FL 33618
Insurance and cost
We work with many major commercial plans and offer self-pay options. Coverage varies by plan and service. Our team will confirm with you.
Insurance questions go to our care team, who confirm your coverage with you before your first visit.
Common questions
Can older adults do visits by video?
Yes. Most follow-ups, medication reviews and lab result visits work well by secure video from home, and we help you get set up before the first call.
Can a family member join?
Yes. With your permission, a family member or caregiver can join the video visit.
When do I need to come in?
When an exam needs hands and a stethoscope, such as a new symptom, the visit is at our Tampa (Carrollwood) office, 3971 Moran Rd Ste 101, Tampa, FL 33618.
Do I need to be in Florida for video visits?
Yes. Telehealth visits are for patients who are physically in Florida at the time of the visit.
Does insurance cover senior care visits?
We work with many major commercial plans and offer self-pay options. Coverage varies by plan and service. Our team will confirm with you. Insurance questions go to our care team, who confirm your coverage with you before your first visit.
Ready when you are.
Send a request and a care coordinator will call you back, or call us now. Insurance questions go to our care team, who confirm your coverage with you before your first visit.