Diabetes Program - Patient and Caregiver Education

Diabetes workshops for people with diabetes and their caregivers.

Diabetes management education classes offered include:

Prediabetes

• learn how to lower your risk for Type 2 Diabetes through healthy eating, exercise and weight management

Taking Charge: Daily Management of Type 2 Diabetes

• learn about type 2 diabetes and what affects your blood sugar
• explore the key strategies you can use to control your blood sugar levels
• recommendation: attend Taking Charge: Daily Management of Type 2 Diabetes before attending Taking Charge: Long Term Management of Type 2 Diabetes

Diabetes: Healthy Eating

• learn tips to manage your blood sugars through: meal timing, balanced meals, carbohydrate choices and reading food labels
• recommendation: attend Diabetes: Healthy Eating before attending Diabetes: Meal Planning and Diabetes - Carbohydrate Counting

Taking Charge: Long Term Management of Type 2 Diabetes

• building on the information provided in the Taking Charge: Daily Managment of Type 2 Diabetes class, this class focuses on specific topics of concern and how to plan for them
• learn more about Diabetes medications, travel, sick day management, driving, and potential long tem complications.
• recommendation: attend Taking Charge: Long Term Management of Type 2 Diabetes after attending Taking Charge: Daily Management of Type 2 Diabetes

Diabetes: Meal Planning

• using the tools from the class Diabetes: Healthy Eating, learn how to plan meals using Plan, Purchase, Prepare and Pack
• practice meal planning in class
• learn tips to make recipes healthier and how to make better choices when eating out
• recommendation: attend Diabetes: Healthy Eating before attending Diabetes: Meal Planning

Foot Care

• learn how to care for your feet using the INSPECT, PROTECT, PREVENT, and CONSULT method
• learn to identify and deal with foot problems that are associated with Diabetes

Diabetes: Carb Counting

• key skills in know how to count carbohydrates for ideal diabetes management
• recommendation: attend Diabetes: Healthy Eating before attending Diabetes: Carb Counting