Group Information Sessions
Available
Patient information sessions cover a range of topics including:
§
Healthy Eating and Grocery Store Tours
§ Active
Living
§
Making Sense Out of Monitoring
§
Taking Medications
§
Problem Solving
§
Healthy Coping
§
Reducing Risk
Information session
topics:
Active Living:
Wondering how and what type of activity can help take care of diabetes?
Making Sense out of
Monitoring: Understanding the why's and wherefore's of doing your own blood sugar
checks.
Medication Muddle:
Pills
and Insulin - when and why are they used.
Nutrition Mayhem:
Confused
about what to eat? Let's unscramble the food puzzle together.
Tackling Changing Habits:
Making
healthy changes in your life and wanting to make new habits stick but no
sure how?
The Bumps Along the Way:
Discuss
the daily challenges of living with diabetes and strategies for coping.
Staying on the Road:
Find out
about the ABC's and E of taking care of diabetes. Care of blood sugar,
blood pressure, cholesterol levels and eyes. Know what maintenance
checks have to be done how often and what numbers to target.
Other
Services Provided:
§ Community
programs - public information sessions
§
Information on diabetes research opportunities and innovations
§
Education sessions for community health care providers
For additional information about living with diabetes
visit the Canadian Diabetes Association website at
www.diabetes.ca |
