Does Managing Your Diabetes Seem Like a Puzzle? Your Team at the Diabetes Centre can help!
Your Diabetes Management Team! You Nu Nurses Dietit etitia ians Soc ocial ial Pharma macist ist Worker er Endoc docrinolo inologist ist Chiropodist odist
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Dietitians can help you….. • Mana nage ge your ur weight, t, and/ d/or or eat a health thy y diet et. • Count unt car arboh bohydra ydrate or r strive for r car arboh bohydra ydrate cons onsist istenc ency y to bet etter er match ch your ur insulin in to food od and get et great at blood ood sugar ar contr ntrol! ol! • Creat ate a diet et to help p lower r your ur chol olest ester erol, , lower r your ur blood ood pressur sure and lower er your ur blood od sugar ar. • If f you u need to watch ch your ur pot otas assium, sium, we can n help! • If you are thinking about eating a plant based diet…let’s talk!
A Social Worker can help you with ….. • Medica cation tion Coverag erage (Trilli lium um Drug g Progr ogram am, , Soci cial al Assistance stance and Disabi bili lity ty progra ograms) ms) • Financial ancial Issue ues • Disabili bility ty Tax Credit it App pplica cation(T tion(Typ ype e 1 Diabet etes) es) • Assistance stance with applica cations/ tions/pap paper erwor ork k when n you u are strugg uggli ling ng finan anciall ally y and need to acc ccess ss income ome suppor ort t progra ograms s • Counse unseling ing for r diabet etes s distres ress, s, depression, sion, anxi xiety ety, , copin ping g with chr hronic onic illness s et etc. .
Our nurses can help you to….. • Un Understand stand what diabet betes s is and how w to manage age your ur blood od sugar ars. s. • Ho How to take e insuli lin. n. • Un Understand stand how insul ulin in works ks and adjusti sting ng your ur insuli lin. n. • Un Understand stand your ur diabet betes s me medications. ations. • Select ct and use the best met eter r for r you. u. • Mana nage ge during ing illness. s. Do you u know what to do when you u are e sick? k? • Prepare pare for r travelli ling. ng. • Use an insuli lin n pump.
A Chiropodist Can….. • Assess your general foot health • Blood flow • Nerve condition (presence of neuropathy) • Skin and nail condition • Recommend orthotics and footwear to relieve foot pain • Manage the swelling of your lower limbs • Provide medical foot care for high risk patients (as determined by the foot specialist) • Treat calluses, corns • Provide diabetic nail care • Treat fungal nails • Provide diabetic wound consultation and care
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