This core program is designed to provide education and resources to help patients with diabetes in self-managing their condition. It also provides a good opportunity for people to learn about diabetes in an interactive and supportive environment, along with individualized support from health care professionals.

The program is taught by a nurse and dietitian and the topics covered include:

• What is diabetes?
• Testing blood sugar
• Preventing and treating hypoglycemia
• Alcohol and diabetes
• Medications
• Exercise
• Travel
• Illness
• Foot Care
• Effects of food on blood sugar
• Meal planning
• Glycemic Index
• Label reading
• Sugar substitutes
• Heart health
• Dining out

Details

The program runs monthly on either Monday mornings, Thursday evenings or Friday afternoons, two weeks in a row. Each class is 2-3 hours long.

Programs are taught in English.

After participants have completed the core program, they will be booked into the follow-up program that provides ongoing support for diabetes self-management.

Type 1 and 2 Follow-up

This program is aimed at people with type 1 or 2 diabetes. It is an individual 2 hour appointment. During your visit you will have a chance to receive guidance and support from a nurse, a dietitian and an endocrinologist (if indicated) in order to help maintain good glycemic/health control.

Topics covered in this program include:

• Exercise
• Meal planning/timing
• Medications
• Foot care
• Basic carbohydrate counting
• Alcohol
• Hypo/hyperglycemia and their treatment  
• Testing
• Heart health