Diabetes Empowerment Education Program accepting reservations – Muskogee Daily Phoenix

The Oklahoma Healthy Aging Initiative (OHAI) Northeast Center of Healthy Aging will be providing the Diabetes Empowerment Education Program, a news release states.

Diabetes Empowerment Education Program is a six-week program designed to teach self-management tools to older adults and their caregivers who want learn how to manage diabetes to improve their overall quality of life. This program is interactive and will teach through small groups, games, activities and support conversations. Learn about management through meal planning, how diabetes affects the body, how to monitor changes, get tips on physical activity, encouraging family involvement and much more.

Each week will focus on a different aspect and provide tips to implement at home. Participants will receive supportive handouts and meet others who have diabetes.

The Diabetic Empowerment Education Program will begin at 12:30 p.m. June 5and will continue once a week through July 10,at the Honor Heights Tower Apartments, 200 N. 40th St. Instructors are provided by OHAI, a program of the Donald W. Reynolds Department of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Oklahoma.

To receive additional information or to reserve your spot in the classes, call OHAIs Northeast Center of Healthy Aging, (888) 616-8161.

Information: Sharon Elder, Oklahoma Healthy Aging Initiative (OHAI), (888) 616-8161.

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