Circle of Care—Diabetes

Maine Coast Memorial Hospital is committed to highest quality of care by meeting national standards through the Chronic Illness Registry and American Diabetes Association Recognition Program.

The Diabetes Circle of Care at Maine Coast includes the following:

Diagnosis and treatment:

• Primary Care Physician offices
  • Ellsworth Internal Medicine
  • Ellsworth Family Practice
  • Eleanor Widener Dixon Memorial Clinic
  • Southwest Harbor Medical Center
    
• Chronic Illness Registry— (Diabetes, Obesity and Cardiovascular)
• Specialists:
  • Podiatrists
  • Renal Specialists
  • Ophthalmologist
  • Optometrist
  • General Surgery
  • Vascular Surgery
  • Wound Care Team
  • Endocrinologists
  • Neurologists

Education:

• Survival skills: Usually at time of diagnosis in the hospital or physician practices
• Comprehensive diabetes Education: Through the Maine Coast Memorial Hospital Diabetes Self Management Education program offering both group and individual sessions including nutritional therapy
• Pre-Diabetic or At Risk for Developing Diabetes
• Education Schedule
• Nutritional Therapy 
• Community Outreach

Related Services:

• Healthy Weight Clinic for Children and Young Adults
• Physical Therapy
• Cardiac Rehabilitation
• Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Support:

• Diabetes Support Group

Exercise Resources

• Maine Coast HealthLink
• Down East Family YMCA
• Acadia National Park
• Birdsacre Wildlife Sanctuary
• Woodlawn Museum & Walking Trails
• Ellsworth Tennis Center
• Holiday Inn—Ellsworth

Books, Videos, Diabetic magazines

• Ellsworth Public Library HELPER Program
  (Lists specific resources in the library related to diabetes)

Online Resources

• Medical Information & Support
  • American Diabetes Association
  • Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
  • dLife For Your Diabetes Life
  • American Association of Diabetes Educators
  • National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute
  • Celiac Disease Foundation
  • Gluten Intolerance Group®
  • WebMD
  • Staying Healthy
• Nutrition Information
  • Food Guide Pyramid
  • American Dietetic Association
• Health & Fitness:
  • American on the Move
  • Healthy Maine Walks
  • Bicycle Coalition of Maine
  • Staying Healthy
  • Department of Health & Human Services
  • Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
  • Mayo Clinic
  • Kid's Health, for parents, teens and kids

IN THE NEWS!
Diabetes Class - "Small Steps-Big Rewards"
Maine Coast Memorial Hospital is offering a new class for people who are at risk of developing diabetes or have been told they are “pre-diabetic”.
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