
We Provide diabetes services to individuals with diabetes or individuals and professionals with interest in diabetes care.
Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support
What you will learn
- General information about diabetes, and blood glucose (blood sugar) control
- Healthy Eating, meal planning, Carbohydrate counting, Food Exchange
- Physical activity
- How to take your medications and insulin (if needed) properly
- Blood glucose monitoring and how to use the information to improve your diabetes
- How to recognize complications like low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) and high blood sugar (hyperglycemia), and how to prevent or manage them
- How to prevent long term complications
- Coping with diabetes
- We also provide ongoing telephonic support to help you manage your disease.
Nutrition Counseling and Medical Nutrition Therapy
What to expect
- Initial assessment which helps identify your unique needs including medical conditions,
- Individualized treatment/intervention based on your needs
- Monitoring and evaluation of your progress
Diabetes Care Management
What to expect
- InitIal comprehensive assessment to identify diabetes related needs and risk for complications.
- Collaborative care plan based on assessment, needs and goal
- periodic one-on-one contact to provide self-management education, re-inforcement and support.
- Scheduled reassessment and evaluation of of condition and outcome
- Serving as liaison between you and your healthcare providers , providing required referral to improve care.
Chronic Kidney Disease Education
The classes provide you with information to help you make informed-decision about your health.
What you will learn
- Chronic kidney disease and how it affects your body
- Available treatment choices for kidney failure
- Kidney transplant
- Hemodialysis
- Peritoneal Dialysis
- Your choice to have no treatment
- What you can do to live with kidney disease
- Classes are provided by a nurse practitioner who is also a certified diabetes educator with years of experience working with individuals on hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis and individuals with kidney transplant.
Weight Management
What to expect
- Initial assessment, including diet, activity, goal
- Intervention to address behavior change, dietary change, physical activity and ongoing support
- Periodic monitoring, evaluation