For my practicum, myself in coordination with the medical director of an HIV/AIDS non-profit organization in New York City plan to improve the diabetic status of clients participating in the adult day health care program.
There are over 200 clients actively participating and each client has to attend at least 3 days out of the week. Each day the client has to attend at least one health care group. I have developed an 8-week diabetes health care group for diabetic clients engaged in the program. The group will target diabetic and pre-diabetic clients and will aim to improve their self care by evidence of HbA1c levels, weight reduction (if needed), and other key health parameters of people with diabetes according to Healthy People 2020 goals. Participants will also have a one-on-one session and I will hold “office hours” for any additional individual questions, etc.
In addition to this group I am developing a diabetes/pre diabetes registry with the help of the New York City Diabetes Coalition for the non-profit organization to help improve the care and management of diabetic patients now and in the future.
Some helpful websites I utilized for putting the group together include:
DM Patient Education Toolkit – DiabetesPro – ADA Better Diabetes Care
Self-Care Handouts – AADE7™ -Spanish and English
Hi David.
Great to see your blog post. It’s wonderful that you are offering this diabetes education program to your clients.
Looking forward to hearing more about how your practicum shapes up in this blog.
Dr. Patsy
Hi David – sounds very interesting. I am not familiar with a Diabetes Registry. What is that? How is it used?
Hi Dr. Cohen,
A diabetes registry is an electronic record keeping program that uses a clinical support system to improve the quality of care and health of diabetes patients. It attempts to adjust care according to the chronic care model. Basically, the registry will alert the provider to basic and recommended health updates to patients with diabetes as well as keeping track of all diabetes patients enrolled at the clinic. You can learn more about the program I am trying to initiate here at the New York Diabetes Coalition website.