Managing diabetes at home

If you’ve recently been diagnosed with diabetes or have had problems keeping your diabetes under control, you may feel overwhelmed. Advocate Health at Home is here to help you every step of the way.

Our services

What you do each day can make a tremendous difference in how much diabetes impacts your life. As a result, our home health specialists are focused on teaching you how to take charge of your disease. We work one-on-one with you to develop an easy-to-follow program, monitor your progress, and answer any questions.

Below are a few ways Advocate Health at Home can help you manage your diabetes if your condition warrants:

• Help with the transition home after a hospital stay
• Monitor your condition
• Teach you how to measure and administer your insulin and other medications
• Instruct you on how to check your blood sugar levels and what to do if they are abnormal
• Teach you how to identify warning signs of potential complications and take action to prevent a hospital readmission or emergency department visit
• Provide dietary counseling to keep your diabetes under control
• Teach you the importance of foot care and how to prevent and identify foot wounds
• Provide wound care if necessary
• Administer IV steroids and other therapies
• Connect you with services for help in quitting smoking
• Help you create an advance care plan so your health care wishes are spelled out for your family and physicians
• Educate you on transitioning to hospice care later in the disease process if you seek comfort instead of curative treatment

Our team

Advocate home health specialists work with you to design a treatment plan that is tailored to your unique needs and goals. Members of your home health team may include:

• Registered nurse
• Home health aide
• Infusion therapist
• Physical therapist
• Occupational therapist