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Diabetes & Wound Care

Patient Needs:

We Help Our Diabetes Patients to:

• Verbalize disease process and actions to take to manage diabetes
• Recognize signs/symptoms of complications and actions to take to manage complications
• Manage insulin injection safely; or take oral medication correctly
• Adhere to dietary prescription
• Demonstrate ability to monitor blood glucose and take appropriate action in response to results
• Practice daily foot care/skin integrity intact
• Prevent, recognize and respond to hypoglycemia
• Demonstrate blood glucose within target range
• Identify when to contact MD

Our certified diabetes instructors emphasize wellness and independence through comprehensive individualized care and educational materials.

The VNA of Albany also specializes in a full range of home-based state-of-the-art wound care and enterostomal therapies.