How Diabetes Team Members Work with

                                                                     You as Partners in Your Care

 

 

Role of the Providers

Role of the Person with Diabetes

Early Diabetes Care

Provides:

·        Learns about diabetes

·        Diabetes education

·        Learns skills for diabetes care

·        Physical exam

·        Communicates what works best at home

·        Standard clinical tests

·        Makes sure all tests are done

 

·        Asks for the results of tests

Nutrition

Provides:

·        Guidance in meal planning

·        Guidance in weight loss

·        Gathers nutrition facts about food

·        Uses facts for making eating changes

·        Learns what foods raise blood sugar

Exercise

Provides:

·        Information about the benefits of exercise.

·        Guidance for safe exercise

 

·        Finds out starting fitness level

·        Plans a safe exercise program

·        Works towards a lifestyle of exercise that will help reach health goals.

Self-Testing

Provides:

·        Education for sugar testing

·        Discussion of your results

·        Learns to test blood sugar

·        Uses results to improve blood sugar

·        Finds resources for supplies

Medication

·        Prescribes medications

·        Discusses purpose of medication how it works

·        Learns the names and purpose of drugs

·        Learns how each works and side effects

·        Learns when to contact Diabetes Team

Diabetes and Health Maintenance Care

·        Routine clinic visits

·        Yearly exams

·        Health maintenance exams

·        Discusses test results

·        Makes appointments for routine, yearly, and health maintenance visits

·        Brings home testing record to clinic

·        Asks for results of tests

·        Finds out if new actions are needed

Urgent or Emergency Care

Provides:

·        Urgent and emergency care

 

·        Learns when urgent care is needed

·        Learns where to get care between appointments and after clinic hours