Diabetes services
Individual consultation
When you start the diabetes program, an educator will review your condition and answer your questions. Topics might include:
- Starting insulin
- Meal planning
- Complications with your diabetes
- When diabetes gets out of control
Comprehensive diabetes self-management
This program goes over the basics of managing your condition, including:
- What is diabetes?
- Treatment methods
- How and when to measure blood sugar
- Meal planning
- High and low blood sugar
- Prevention of complications
- Exercise and fitness
- Coping with the stress of diabetes
- Goal setting
Talk to your diabetes educator to decide if this program is right for you and for class times and locations.
Support groups, community programs and research
Legacy sponsors several diabetes support groups, as well as groups for people who are insulin dependent, use an insulin pump, and for the parents of children with juvenile diabetes. Please call 503-413-7348 to find out the times and locations of these groups or see this list of Legacy's diabetes classes and support groups.
The Good Samaritan Foundation sponsors on-going fundraising activities in support of diabetes education and research.
Legacy is involved in a variety of diabetes-related research projects, some of which are available for patient participation. See Legacy Research for a description of current research activities and clinical trials.
You may also contact the diabetes programs at any Legacy hospital, Legacy Clinic St. Helens or Legacy Clinic Woodburn for information on groups and events happening at that facility and in the community. See a list of our locations for the one nearest you.
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