Diabetes Self Management

Bay Area Hospital offers a diabetes self-management program designed to help you understand and manage your diabetes. This program consists of four classes and one individual appointment with a registered dietitian. To enroll, you must have a referral from a physician/ healthcare provider.

Topics include:

• What is diabetes?
• blood sugar testing
• nutrition: meal planning, eating out and carbohydrate counting
• medications
• hypoglycemia
• exercise
• what to do when you’re ill
• complications and foot care
• effects of stress on diabetes
• self-management
• support and resources

For more information: Call (541) 269-8349