DIABETES EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND CLASSES | UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS PARMA MEDICAL CENTER

Provides knowledge and skills to help clients manage their diabetes. Services include inpatient teaching, outpatient individual and group sessions, phone consultation, support groups, and classes on topics such as acute and chronic complications, insulin and oral hypoglycemia medicine, testing methods, diet, personal hygiene, exercise, and psychosocial adjustment.

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211 Cleveland

Physical Address

7007 Powers Blvd., Parma, OH 44129

Hours

M-F: 7:00am-3:30pm, plus 2nd Th: 7:00pm-9:00pm September through May for support group (however no meeting is held in December). Hours for classes are flexible based on specific needs, and may include evening and weekend hours.

Fax

(440) 743-4367

Application process

Call M-F: 7:00am-3:30pm to enroll.

Fee

Support groups are free. All other services have fixed fees, but sliding scale based on household income and family size is available. Services are covered by some insurance.

Eligibility

Support group is for adults age 18 and older.

Agency info

UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS PARMA MEDICAL CENTER

Offers an accredited 348-bed hospital that provides acute and subacute inpatient care, including specialty centers for heart, cancer, orthopedics, pain management, rehabilitation and bariatric care.