Meet Your Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE)

Denise O’Hanian has successfully completed the certification program for Certified Diabetes Educators in Canada. Denise has a sound knowledge base in diabetes care/management and education processes and thus well prepared to help people with diabetes effectively manage their diabetes to avoid complications and obtain best possible health outcomes.

We can help you with:

• Selecting the most appropriate blood glucose meter for you and your lifestyle
• Diabetic meter training in all sites
• Improving your blood glucose control through regular self-monitoring
• Providing software to download your test results
• Private one-on-one counseling with a pharmacist
• Meal Planning – Learn how to make healthier lifestyle choices
• Taking your prescribed medications outlined exactly from your doctor

Why Is This Program Important?

The current Canadian Clinical Practice Guidelines for the management of diabetes recommend that self-monitoring of blood glucose be:

Essential for:

• all people with type 1 diabetes
• all pregnant women with pre- existing diabetes or gestational diabetes
• all insulin treated people with type 2 diabetes

Recommended for:

• The majority of people with type 2 Diabetes treated with oral hypoglycemic agents
• Self- monitoring of blood glucose may also be useful for people with type 2 diabetes controlled by diet therapy alone.

Diabetes Videos

• Diabetes - View Denise discussing Diabetes Management.