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Diabetes Self-Management Program at BHS

Diabetes Self-Management Program at BHS

  • Gestational Diabetes
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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 

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