Hospital hosts diabetes education session for young people on Feb. 27
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WARWICK - The Diabetes Center at St. Anthony Community Hospital will host “In Whose Two Shoes,” an interactive diabetes education session for youth with type 1 diabetes and their parents, on Saturday, Feb. 27.
The free public event, which is open to youngsters ages 8 to 16, will be held from noon to 2 p.m. in the Greenbriar Room at Mount Alverno Center, 20 Grand St., Warwick. Lunch will be served. Mount Alverno Center is approximately a quarter-mile past the hospital entrance and there is ample parking space. Registration is required.
Geared especially for young people with diabetes, “In Whose Two Shoes” will be presented by Samantha and her mom, Diane.
Samantha is a teenage youth with type 1 diabetes. The young woman and her mother are a trained youth/parent mentoring team for Sanofi-aventis U.S., a diversified health care company.
“This is an opportunity for us to offer a program where kids with diabetes and their parents can talk to each other,” said Diabetes and nurse Educator Lourdes Braadt. “Samantha and Diane are a real family living with type 1 diabetes and they have experienced many of the same thoughts and feelings as you. Come to this session to hear Samantha and Diane’s story and discuss many situations that families living with a youth with type 1 diabetes might face.”
Several years ago, in its determination to serve all the health care needs of this community, St. Anthony Community Hospital opened a Center for Diabetes Education. The center offers classes for all patients who have been recently diagnosed with diabetes or those who demonstrate poorly controlled diets.
During group or individual sessions, the clinical instructors offer initial assessment, emotional support and will seek to help patients achieve a better understanding of the disease. They will show the patients how to live a normal and productive life with diabetes and how to control the disease through diet and exercise.
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