Maroondah Hospital Diabetes Education Centre

You can be referred to the Diabetes Education service if you.

  • Are a current inpatient at Eastern Health
  • Are currently attending an Eastern Health Endocrinology and Diabetes outpatient clinic

Diabetes Education provides the following:

  • Help you and your family manage diabetes with confidence, skill and motivation through:
    - Understanding a diagnosis of diabetes
    - Gestational diabetes services to support women with diabetes in pregnancy
    - Self blood glucose monitoring, including the use of “Smart” meters
    - Registration with National Diabetes Services Scheme
    - Understanding the role of oral medications and insulin in diabetes management and use of insulin devices
    - Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) and Insulin Pumps
    - Strategies to deal with recurrent or severe episodes of hypoglycaemia
    - Sick day management
  • Provide nursing, medical and allied health staff with diabetes education and resources e.g. development, delivery and evaluation of an innovative education program called ‘Diabetes – Topics in a Flash’ to nursing staff

 

Location

8 Grey St,  Ringwood East 3135  View map

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