Garrett Regional Medical Center provides diabetes and nutrition services to empower our patients with the information they need to better manage their health. Our Outpatient Diabetes Education Program helps individuals better manage diabetes or pre-diabetes by making healthy choices and lifestyle changes.
Learn more about our Diabetes and Nutrition services:
- More About Diabetes
- More About Nutrition
- Outpatient Diabetes Education
- Outpatient Nutrition Counseling
- Prevent Type 2
Prevent Type 2
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one out of three adults has prediabetes and nine out ten do not know they have it.
Take this assessment to determine your risk for prediabetes.
Garrett Regional Medical Center’s Make a Change for Life Type 2 Prevention Program is a National Diabetes Prevention Program (NDPP) that has been shown to prevent or delay Type 2 diabetes in high-risk patients and improve their overall health.
The program helps individuals:
- Build motivation and accountability
- Build skills to lose weight, be more physically active, and manage stress
- Develop habits that last
Click to download a Referral Form.
For more information or to enroll in the Type 2 Diabetes Prevention Program, contact Mitzi Wiltison, RN, CDCES at 301-533-4271
Know the Facts about Prediabetes
Outpatient Diabetes Education
The Outpatient Diabetes Education Program at Garrett Regional Medical Center provides comprehensive education for Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes, and gestational diabetes. The program is instructed by a certified diabetes care and education specialist who works with your physician to develop a plan to keep your blood sugar under control. Individual or group classes are offered depending on the needs and demands. Discussion topics may include how insulin works, the role of glucose, risk factors, preventing complications, monitoring, problem solving, healthy eating, benefits of physical activity, medications, and long term considerations. We can also assist with insulin adjustments, insulin pumps, or continuous glucose monitors.
Outpatient Diabetes Education Program services include:
- Continuous glucose monitor maintenance/support
- Gestational diabetes
- Insulin pump maintenance/support
- Prevent type 2
- Type 1 Diabetes
- Type 2 Diabetes
Medicare and most insurance policies cover 10 hours of initial Diabetes Self-Management Education and 2 hours of support each year thereafter.
For more information contact Mitzi Wiltison, RN, CDCES at 301-533-4271.
Outpatient Nutrition Counseling
Meet with a registered dietitian nutritionist (RDN) to:
- Discover your personalized nutrition plan
- Review your current eating habits
- Set realistic and achievable goals
Ask your doctor to refer you for outpatient nutrition counseling. Click Here for Referral Form
Medicare and most insurance policies cover nutrition counseling for diabetes and kidney disease. Please take full advantage of your benefit which offers both initial and follow up sessions. Private insurance may cover other conditions such as obesity and heart disease.
For more information, contact Tonya Sherrill-Kuhn, RDN, LDN at 301-533-4010.
More About Nutrition
Find your healthy eating style and maintain it for a lifetime with nutrition education. Learn more about eating a variety of healthy foods from the 5 MyPlate food groups by visiting: www.choosemyplate.gov
Here are some of those healthy tips:
- Focus on whole fruits. Whole fruits include fresh, frozen, dried, and canned options. Choose whole fruits more often than 100% fruit juice.
- Make half your grains whole grains. Choose whole grains more often.
- Move to low-fat or fat-free milk or yogurt. Choose fat-free (skim) and low fat (1%) dairy foods.
- Vary your protein routine. Protein foods include both animal and plant sources. Choose a variety of lean protein foods from both plant and animal sources.
- Vary your veggies. Vegetables are divided into five subgroups and include dark-green vegetables, red and orange vegetables, legumes (beans and peas), starchy vegetables, and other vegetables. Choose vegetables from all subgroups.
Diabetes Resources
Contact
301-533-4271
Hours: Monday – Friday, 8 am to 4 pm
Location
251 N. 4th Street
Oakland, MD 21550