TAKE CONTROL



Diabetes Self Management Program
A medically-directed approach to education, skills development and lifestyle behavior improvements needed for confident self-management control of your diabetes.

Typically a 6-8 month program with customized assessment, educational training, monitoring, reinforcement, and specialist visits addressing individual needs.

Key Benefits

  • Live confidently with diabetes
  • Understand your disease
  • Healthier, longer lifestyle
  • Reduce health risks for heart and kidney disease, amputation and blindness
  • Reduce sick days and medical costs
  • Unique comprehensive approach
  • Assessment of health risks, knowledge, skills and lifestyle behaviors
  • Individualized program based on affecting identified risk factors, with Pre- and Post-assessments
  • Six educational sessions with follow-up
  • Monitoring, coaching and support at every step
  • Results assessment with individualized long-term plan
  • Coordination with primary care provider

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TAKE CONTROL Program typically includes:

  • Pre- and Post- assessments of heath, knowledge, skills and lifestyle
  • 6 group classes
    • Diabetes fundamentals
    • Nutritition
    • Physical activity
    • Living and Coping with diabetes
    • Advanced self-management
    • Diabetes health impact
  • 8 provider visits 
  • Nurse coaching and monitoring of progress
  • Support between visits