Diabetes & Wellness
The Diabetes & Wellness team provides education and clinical chronic disease management with a focus on diabetes. The team develops and delivers health promotion and prevention activities to promote and support overall good health in all ages and stages of life. The Diabetes & Wellness team also provides nutrition support to acute care at All Nations’ Healing Hospital (ie: tube feeds, dysphagia) as well as nutrition and diabetes care for dialysis patients. Our goal is to support clients in achieving their health care goals in a culturally safe environment.
Wellness Clinics
Our team hosts Wellness Clinics in community health centres on a regualr basis to provide individual diabetes and nutrition counselling. We work alongside the home care nurses and community health nurses to provide access to footcare, immunizations, health education, and our fresh market initiative.
Who can attend a wellness clinic?
Anyone can attend! Contact your local health centre to find out when the next wellness clinic is scheduled.
Reasons to attend a wellness clinic
- Diabetes Care
- Kidney Health
- Liver Health
- IBS, Crohns, & Colitis
- PCOS
- High Blood Pressure
- High Cholesterol
- Arthritis
- Iron Deficiency
- Healthy Eating
- Foot Care
- Diabetes Foot Screening
Request a presentation in your community
We’re happy to provide presentations in your community on various subjects such as the services we provide, cooking classes, or chronic disease specific. If you would like to request a visit from our team, send us a message.
About the Diabetes and Wellness Team
The Diabetes and Wellness Team includes Registered Dietitians, Certified Diabetes Educators, and Diabetes Nurse Educators.
The team provides services to:
Support diabetes self-management
Improve screening and treatment services
Improve the coordination and integration of services
Provide education, support, and access in regards to diabetes, chronic disease, and nutrition
Our Services
- Health Promotion Programming
- Health education Presentations
- Information and health screening at community health fairs
- Cooking classes
- Menu planning support
- Youth nutrition programming
- Clinical Support
- Individual diabetes and nutrition counselling
- Dietitian Services for Pasikow Muskwa Rising Bear Healing Centre
- Acute nutrition, dysphagia, and diabetes support to ANHH
- Nutrition and diabetes counselling for hemodialysis patients
- Community Initiatives
- Monthly wellness clinics in community
- Youth nutrition programming
- Health fairs, treaty days and school events
- Food security proposals and policy support
How do I get connected with the Diabetes and Wellness Team?
Referral form – transfer of care, referral form from a Health Care provider or team
Self-referral – contact a team member or FHQ health services to get connected with an educator in your community
Visit your Primary Care Provider to request a referral
Speak to a member of your healthcare team or staff at your community’s health centre
