Diabetes Program Services

Individual Counseling:

All Diabetes patients receive a one hour initial individual comprehensive assessment and plan development session.  Individual sessions available for all educational needs. Individual sessions are utilized for yearly follow-up or tune-up sessions.

Group Classes:

Available for newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes patients or type 2 diabetes patients who have been previously diagnosed but have never received comprehensive education in the past. Held every other month at both sites in four, 2 hour sessions. Family or friends are welcome to attend.

Through our counseling, we provide:

• Initial education or follow-up/tune up education
• Comprehensive Diabetes Assessment: Incorporates the individual person, all health issues, medications, current lifestyle, and health beliefs. Works in conjunction with your physician and your medical treatment plan
• Communication with your doctor
• Patient and educator-developed education plan
• Patient and educator-developed goal plan
• Behavior change strategies and planning

Counseling covers a wide range of topics:

Understanding My Diabetes Diagnosis

Meal Planning

• Blood Sugar control/ Consistent Carbohydrate diet and advanced Carbohydrate Counting
• Healthy Eating guidelines
• Weight loss plans
• Cholesterol Control/Heart Healthy

Monitoring of Blood Glucose

• Meter selection (free glucose meter) and instruction on use for finger and arm testing
• Blood Sugar pattern instruction

Physical Activity

• For controlling blood sugar
• For weight loss
• Prevention of low blood sugars

Prevention and management of short term and long term complications

• Health screening requirements and schedules
• Blood work targets
• Blood Pressure targets
• Foot Care

Medications in Diabetes

• Glucose control
• Complication Prevention

Administration of injectable medications

• Insulin
• Byetta

Stress and Depression

Insulin Pump Therapy