Diabetes, Healthy Feet and You - FREE ONLINE WORKSHOP

Diabetes, Healthy Feet and You - FREE ONLINE WORKSHOP

Diabetes, Healthy Feet & You Educational Workshop

By Windsor Essex Community Health Centre

Date and time

Wed, Aug 21, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM PDT

Location

Online

About this event

  • 2 hours 30 minutes

Diabetes, Healthy Feet & You is a peer-led workshop run by people like you who have experienced diabetic foot complication. They have been trained by experts and can help you prevent diabetic foot ulcers that may lead to amputation.

LEARN ABOUT:

  • How to enjoy and active life
  • Keep your feet healthy
  • Prevent foot complications
  • Proper diabetic foot care practices


WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

If you answer yes to any of these questions you will benefit from this workshop:

  • Do you have diabetes or care for someone who does?
  • Do you have anything tingling or numbness in your feet?
  • Is the shape of your feet changing?
  • Do you have sore or blisters on your feet?


Classes are interactive

FREE to attend

Bring a friend or a family member; All are welcome to attend!!


UPCOMING ONLINE WORKSHOP

Wedneseday August 21st, 2024

1:00pm- 3:30pm


ALL COMMUNICATIONS ABOUT THE WORKSHOP INCLUDING THE ZOOM LINK WILL COME FROM escsm@wechc.org


QUESTIONS??

Call Toll Free -1-855-259-3605

Email: escsm@wechc.org

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Windsor Essex Community Health Centre

Windsor Essex Community Health Centre (weCHC) was formed as a result of the amalgamation of Teen Health and Sandwich Community Health Centres in 2009.

As a community Health Centre our Mission is desiging and delivering  an accessible, inclusive and collaborative approach to providing primary care, illness prevention and health promotion.

 

The Windsor Essex Community Health Centre is the Erie St. Clair LHIN lead for the Chronic Disease Self Management Program.  The program is divided into two streams:

1) Community Education Workshops

2) Healthcare Provider Continuing Education Workshops

 

  • Improve communication with your healthcare provider
  • Positive thinking, guided imagery and relaxation techniques
  • Action planning, problem solving and setting personal goals

 

  • Light exercises to improve strength and flexibility
  • Techniques to deal with stress, pain, depression and improve sleep
  • Fatigue management, pain medication and treatments

 

  • Learn to manage blood sugar levels and prevent complications
  • Healthy eating, light exercise, foot care and dealing with difficult emotions
  • Gain confidence with medication management

 

  • Led by peers who have experienced firsthand diabetic foot related complications
  • Focus on prevention of diabetic foot related complications
  • Education surrounding when to seek guidance of a health care professional
  • Information on local foot care resources
  • Very participative - participants will do a hands on foot exam on themselves

 

 

  • Explore the role of a health care professional as a facilitator of change
  • Identify specific strategies to assess the motivation to change
  • Understand the skills needed to influence behavior change
  • Demonstrate essential techniques to influence change

 

  • Learn how to assess patients' confidence and commitment to engage in health behavior change
  • Learn skills to influence change in patients' health behaviors
  • Learn techniques to use in clinical settings to promote adherence to treatment plans and encourage follow-up for reflection, reassurance and next steps