Managing Your Diabetes: Five-Week Program

The Westerly Hospital will be offering a comprehensive, five-week course beginning in May to help patients gain practical knowledge and skills needed to manage diabetes successfully.  The course will be conducted by a multidisciplinary team of dieticians, nurses, and pharmacists of The Westerly Hospital who are all Certified Diabetes Outpatient Educators (CDOE).   Classes will be held every Monday beginning May 20 through June 24, 2013 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm, in the Henry J. Nardone Conference Center at The Westerly Hospital.  Class will not be held on Monday, May 27th in observation of the Memorial Day holiday. 

Class size is limited.  For more information and to register, please call The Westerly Hospital’s Diabetes Clinic at 401-348-3533 or 800-933-5960 extension 3533, or send an email to:  diabetes@westerlyhospital.org. 

The Hospital’s diabetes program recently became accredited by the American Association of Diabetes Educators, ensuring the program meets and maintains high standards of care.   The course will cover the fundamentals of nutritional management, label reading, meal planning options, guidelines for eating out and special occasions, glucose monitoring, medication management, insulin treatment and administration, sick-day care, foot care, exercise, stress management, and preventing complications. With a physician’s referral, many health insurers cover the cost of these sessions.  Please check with your insurance provider to make check whether or not Diabetes Self-Management Education is a covered benefit for your plan.

In addition to this group course, The Westerly Hospital offers individual, one-on-one instruction with a Certified Diabetes Outpatient Educator which is available by appointment by calling 401-348-3533 or 800-933-5960 extension 3533.

The Westerly Hospital also offers a free monthly diabetes support group which meets the first Wednesday of every month from 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. in the Hospital’s Henry J. Nardone Conference Center.  Facilitated by Herb Nieburg, PhD, Psychologist and Mark Rogers, PharmD, CDOE, Clinical Pharmacist for The Westerly Hospital.  For information or questions on the support group, call The Westerly Hospital’s Diabetes Clinic at 401-348-3533 or 800-933-5960 extension 3533.