Diabetes education

The Diabetes Education service supports you to gain the knowledge you need to manage your diabetes properly. We work with people who are at risk of developing diabetes or who have pre-diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes, and Type 1 Diabetes as well as the family and carers of people with diabetes.

Service details

Living with diabetes or preventing diabetes when you’re at high risk shouldn’t be scary.

cohealth diabetes education nurses can help your with:

• managing your blood glucose levels
• the complications of diabetes and how to prevent them
• treatment approaches
• looking after your emotional health
• other general health issues surrounding diabetes.

Topics covered in diabetes education

We help people with diabetes and their carers to better understand how to manage their diabetes and stay healthy by talking about:

• healthy eating
• staying active
• managing blood sugar
• diabetes and mental health

Diabetes support in different languages

We also run a series of Diabetes Support groups once a month in the following languages:

• Mandarin (1st Wednesday of every month)
• Vietnamese (2nd Thursday of every month)
• Arabic/Tigre (3rd Wednesday of every month)