Community Based Diabetes


Our Diabetes Service Provides:
-  Education within the community for small and large groups at workplaces, in homes or other places within the community.
- Support of people with diabetes to maintain lifestyle changes in their home.
- Help with access to other health services.
- Advocacy and support of Whanau/Family.
- Diabetes testing within the community.
- Assistance to liase with appropriate health agencies and services

Diabetes Education
- What is Diabetes?
- Who is at risk?
- What should a healthy eating plan include
- Enjoyable daily physical activity
- Successful at being smokefree
- Monitoring blood sugar levels
-Testing at home with a blood glucose meter
- Foot and eye care
- Managing sick days and hospital visits
- Minimising long term damage from the complications of diabetes

Desirable Outcomes for whanau:
- Be informed
- Be confident
- Be motivated

- Committed to experience success

- Responsible for their own diabetes management  

                                               

             
 

 

Diabetes Awareness Week



 

Referrals to the diabetes educator can be made by

Community health workers
Whanau/Family
Self Referral
General practiitioner/Practice Nurse
A referral can be made by phone/fax/lettter or by way of referral

Referrals to the diabetes educator

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People with Diabetes are not sick, they have a condition that requires good self-management. They can lead a full and active life.