Wednesdays, 1-3:30pm
March 25 and April 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29
If you or someone you care for has diabetes this workshop is for you! Learn techniques to deal with the symptoms of diabetes, such as fatigue, pain, hyper- and hypoglycemia, stress, and emotional problems such as depression, anger, fear, and frustration.
Topics include:
- Exercise for maintaining and improving strength and endurance
- How to use glucose monitoring to make daily decisions and mange sick days
- Healthy eating with diabetes
- Appropriate use of medication
- Working effectively with health care providers
- Recommended tests for prevention or delay of complications
- Proper foot care
- Action-planning, problem-solving, decision-making
This workshop is a weekly series of six (6) dates, held consecutively. This is an interactive virtual workshop where each 2½ hour session builds on the previous week and full participation in the 6 weeks is highly encouraged. This workshop is lead by Leaders trained in the evidence-based Stanford Diabetes Self-Management Program model.
Workshop dates are as follows:
Pre-Registration is required as space is limited.
Cost: Free
If you need an accommodation to participate in our programming, please contact Melissa Lee, melissa.lee@unh.edu and 603-255-3716 prior to the event. Given ample time, we will make any reasonable effort to meet your needs, including language access services if requested, which will be provided free of charge.
The University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension is an equal opportunity educator and employer. UNH, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, and New Hampshire counties cooperating. Direct inquiries to unh.civilrights@unh.edu
