Diabetes care
Diabetes care
Overview
If you’ve been diagnosed with diabetes, you may feel anxious, overwhelmed or unsure how to support your health. Our diabetes care team will help you develop a personalized plan that aligns with your lifestyle and enables you to live a fuller, healthier life.
Why Piedmont
Team approach
Customized care
Education and support
If you have diabetes, we can help you feel healthier and take steps to live a longer, more enjoyable life while reducing your risk of developing serious complications. Managing diabetes is a lifelong endeavor, requiring a team approach. Your diabetes team may include:
- An endocrinologist/diabetes specialist physician
- Diabetes care and education specialists
- Registered dietitians
- Exercise specialists
- Physical therapists
- Registered nurses
Diabetes education
At Piedmont, we believe in empowering you with the knowledge to manage your diabetes diagnosis and feel as well as possible, whether you have prediabetes, type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, gestational diabetes or metabolic syndrome.
Successful diabetes management is a team effort, and we encourage family members to participate in education as well. Our educators offer individual and group classes on topics like:
- What is diabetes?
- Nutrition and meal planning
- Blood glucose monitoring
- Preventing diabetes complications
- Foot care
- Diabetes medications, including insulin
- Stress management
- Physical activity
- Behavioral goals
Our diabetes resource centers are recognized by the American Diabetes Association, ensuring adherence to the National Standards for Diabetes Patient Education.
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