Framework, Tools and Resources

Monitor

Things to check: Individualize self-monitoring parameters for blood glucose, blood pressure, feet and weight.

• Preparing for your Diabetes Visits

Blood Pressure

• High Blood Pressure and Diabetes (PT)
• My Home Blood Pressure Log – Hypertension Canada (PT)
• How to Measure my Blood Pressure – Hypertension Canada (PT)

Blood Glucose

• Lows and Highs: Blood glucose levels (PT)
• Managing your blood glucose (PT)
• SMBG log (PT)
• Self-monitoring of Blood Glucose Recommendation Tool for Healthcare providers (HCP)
• Self-monitoring of Blood Glucose in People with type 2 diabetes (HCP)

Feet

• Foot Care: A step toward good health (PT)
• Diabetes and Foot care: A Patient’s List – Do’s and Don’ts
• Diabetes Peripheral Neuropathy (PT)
• Diabetes, health feet and your patients (HCP)
• Rapid Screening for Diabetic Neuropathy (HCP)
• Diabetic Foot Ulcers: Essentials of Management (HCP)
• Finding the proper shoe fit (HCP & PT)

Weight

• Managing weight and diabetes (PT)
• Managing weight and diabetes: BMI and Waist Circumference (PT)
• BMI Calculator – Dietitians of Canada (HCP & PT)

Eyes

• A prescription for maintaining healthy eyes with your diabetes (PT)

Complications

• Cholesterol and Diabetes (PT)
• Diabetes and kidney disease (PT)

Manage

Things to do/ work on: Encourage self-management through coordination of care and active patient participation.

• Me, My Health and My Diabetes Team tools (PT) – all four tools
• Angie’s Story: Building a Diabetes Care Team (PT)
• Travel Tips for People with Diabetes (PT)
• A guide to being hospitalized for people with diabetes (PT)
• Patient care flow sheets (HCP – four versions)

Promote

Things to prevent: Surveillance of complications.

• Staying Healthy with Diabetes (PT)

Eyes

• A prescription for maintaining healthy eyes with your diabetes (PT)

Complications

• Diabetes and kidney disease (PT)
• Men’s Sexual Health (PT)

Vascular Protection

• High Blood pressure and Diabetes (PT)
• Cholesterol and Diabetes (PT)
• What is your risk of heart attack or stroke - Vascular Risk self-assessment (PT)
• ABCDEs to Reduce Your Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke (PT)
• Reducing vascular risk (HCP)
• For All Patients with Diabetes: ABCDEs
• Smoking and diabetes: a deadly combination (PT)

Assess

Educate

Collaborate

Set Goals

Follow Up