Empowered- 4-session series

Service Description

Overview of diabetes disease process Blood glucose monitoring, including free blood glucose monitor and tutorial Urine ketone testing Blood glucose monitoring, use of results, and problem solving Medication management Preventing, detecting, and treating acute complications Preventing (through risk factor reduction behavior), detecting, and treating chronic complications Nutrition management Meal planning Label reading Alcohol Sweeteners Lifestyle modifications Macronutrient explanation Carbohydrate counting Physical activity and its role in insulin resistance Psychosocial adjustment to diabetes Setting behavior change goals to promote health Developing a diabetes self-management support plan