Diabetes Education Program - South Okanagan Similkameen
Caregiver Support, Condition Specific Support, Pregnancy Care, and Public Health
Provided by Interior Health
Services are offered in a team approach, which puts you and your family at the centre of your care. Nurses, dietitians and physicians with specific training and expertise in the area of diabetes management will work with you, your family/support partners, family physician and members of your broader healthcare team to support your ongoing and changing medical and self-management diabetes care needs. Services may include helping patients:
- Learn more about diabetes
- Manage their insulin
- Be successful with diabetes-related goals and action plans
- Manage their vascular risk factors
- Manage and assist with self management of diabetes technology including pump therapy and CGM.
Patients are encouraged to see their FP regularly for ongoing diabetes care and management.
Pediatric diabetes education unavailable in: Keremeos, Oliver, Osoyoos, and Princeton
250-770-3530 (Penticton)
Website: https://www.interiorhealth.ca...
Penticton Health Centre - 740 Carmi Avenue, Penticton, British Columbia, V2A 8P9
Wheelchair accessible.
250-295-4442 (Princeton)
Website: https://www.interiorhealth.ca...
Princeton Health Centre - 98 Ridgewood Drive, Princeton, British Columbia, V0X 1W0
Wheelchair accessible.
250-499-3000 (Keremeos)
Website: https://www.interiorhealth.ca...
South Similkameen Health Centre - 700 - 3rd Street, Keremeos, British Columbia, V0X 1N3
Wheelchair accessible.
250-498-5080 (Oliver)
Website: https://www.interiorhealth.ca...
Oliver Health Centre - 930 Spillway Road, Oliver, British Columbia, V0H 1T8
Wheelchair accessible.
250-495-6433 (Osoyoos)
Website: https://www.interiorhealth.ca...
Osoyoos Health Centre - 4816 - 89th Street, Osoyoos, British Columbia, V0H 1V1
Wheelchair accessible.
Service is available in English.
Cost: No cost
Referral options:
- Physician or nurse practitioner referral
- Health professional referral
Associated Programs/Services
Also offered by Interior Health:
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- Prenatal Connections
- Healthy From The Start: Breastfeeding Support Phone Line
Availability
Service area: Keremeos, Oliver, Osoyoos, Penticton, Princeton
Service Types Provided
Ways to Access
- Provided 1:1 in-person
- Provided at multiple locations
- Provided in a group in-person
The listing of this service in Pathways is not a recommendation or endorsement by Pathways.