Diabetes Care & Education

Diabetes Care & Education

Teaching patients skills, and how to use the tools they need to manage their condition.

Diabetes Care & Education

24 million Americans—nearly one in 12—have diabetes. It is the seventh-leading cause of death in the United States. Here in New Hampshire, about 84,500 adults are living with Type I or Type II diabetes.

Androscoggin Valley Hospital is committed to helping people with diabetes live longer, healthier lives through diabetes care, education and lifestyle management programs. The goal is to provide medical services and empower patients with knowledge to better manage diabetes. Diabetes control reduces the risk of diabetes complications such as heart disease, stroke, blindness and amputation. Diabetes is controllable – you can do it, and we can help.

Medical Services for People with Diabetes

Bariatric services
Education and self-care skills as needed*
Understanding of diabetes disease process
Nutritional management and counseling
Physical activity – exercise evaluations and personalized plans
Medication – pills, insulin and other diabetes injectable medicines
Preventing, detecting and treating acute complications
Preventing, detecting and treating chronic complications through risk reduction
Goal setting and problem solving; psychological adjustment
Pregnancy management, pre-conception care and gestational diabetes management

*The AVH Diabetes Education Program is recognized by the American Diabetes Association as meeting the National Standards for excellence in diabetes education. Please check your insurance for coverage.

Diabetes Community Programs

Diabetes Education Program

Patients will receive information on diabetes facts, medications, insulin, creative meal planning, dining out, exercise, cautions and complications and blood glucose monitoring. Please check your insurance for coverage.

Comments from past attendees include:

“I enjoyed it and learned a lot about my needs. Thank you.”

“It has been a very good eye-opener.”

“I think that everyone should come to this.”

“I wish I’d had this education about diabetes years ago.”

NOTE: Patients may need a referral from their practitioner to participate in the program.

For more information, please call (603) 326-5692.

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Diabetes Care & Education