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Chronic Disease Management Program Patient Teaching

  Call 313-815-8767

Diabetes: Meters & Monitoring

Meters &  Monitoring

• Target blood sugar goals
• Strategies for testing
• How often to test
• Importance of recording blood sugars 

Asthma/COPD: Easy Breathing

Easy Breathing   class for patients with ongoing lung conditions such as asthma, emphysema or chronic bronchitis

• Daily management of your lung condition
• Appropriate use of medications
• Dealing with anxiety
• Responding to respiratory emergencies

CHF: DO MORE with Heart Failure

 

 

 

• Daily weight monitoring
• Observing symptoms that may signify worsening heart failure
• Medications
• Overcoming fears about living with heart failure
• Restricting salt and fluids
• Exercising and enjoying life

Diabetes:  

• Glucose testing and recording
• Basic nutrition
• Signs of high and low blood glucose
• Benefits of exercise
• Goal setting

Diabetes: Dining with Diabetes

*Carbohydrate counting

• Meal planning
• Cooking
• Shopping
• Eating away from home

Diabetes: In Charge and In Control

• Glucose testing and recording
• Understanding medications
• Foot care
• Nutrition
• Exercise
• Complications of diabetes
• Guidelines on diabetes self-care
• Action plans

Smoking Cessation program

•   Asthma education

Preventive Cardiology education

 

Chronic Kidney Disease education