Diabetes Care
Diabetes can be a debilitating disease if left untreated or poorly treated. It places individuals at risk for heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, kidney disease, neuropathy, wounds, and blindness.
Sterling Care’s Diabetes Care Program provides skilled care by registered nurses and a multidisciplinary team under the orders of the patient’s physician to provide evidence-based treatment to promote positive health outcomes as well as an improved quality of life-based on our patient-centered, age-friendly approach.
PROGRAM GOALS
- Reduce the number of hospital and ER visits
- Reduce the complications and risk factors associated with diabetes
- Educate patient and family on condition-specific symptoms and complications
- Collaborate with the patient’s physician in order to help prevent complications associated with diabetes
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
- Collaboration with the patient’s physician and alert them to changes in condition
- Customized client education materials
- Client education and self-monitoring, including medication management
- Nutritional assessment
- Foot assessment with follow-up education
- Monitor glucose and insulin levels
- Plan and supervise exercise routines
