Overview
If you’ve been diagnosed with diabetes, you may feel anxious, overwhelmed or unsure how to support your health. Our diabetes care team helps develop a personalized plan that fits your lifestyle and supports a fuller, healthier life.
Why Piedmont
Team approach
Customized care
Education and support
If you have diabetes, we can help you feel healthier, reduce complication risks and take steps toward a longer, more enjoyable life. 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 empower you with knowledge to manage diabetes and feel your best. We care for prediabetes, type 1, type 2, gestational diabetes and 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 Education.
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