The Healing Circle
A Community Diabetes Program
for Urban American Indians
4087 N. Broadway Chicago, IL 60613
773-883-9100
This program brings a heightened focus on prevention, screening and Diabetes awareness education to members of the Chicago urban American Indian community. This will be accomplished through:
• Increasing American Indian awareness and knowledge of diabetes
• Providing opportunities for early detection
• Providing effective methods of treatment
• Emphasizing patient education and follow-up
• Providing education regarding healthy lifestyle changes and Diabetes prevention
Outreach Services:
Community Education
The Community Health Department will provide outreach screenings and educational sessions to community organizations and other interested parties on the prevention of diabetes and other health related issues. Staff will make available pamphlets, literature, and resources to secure needed information for clients and families. If interested, please call 773- 883-9100.
Home Visits
Outreach services include home visitation, health assessment, home nursing services, health education and screening case management and referral services. This process is designed to provide clients and families the appropriate information to practice healthy lifestyles through utilization of community and health care resources.
• Health Assessment - Health surveys will be conducted at each home visit to assist in the early detection of diseases or conditions requiring medical attention.
• Home Nursing Services - Home nursing services are directed to provide diabetes educational services to make patients aware of specific health problems, practices of prevention, dangers of uncontrolled health problems and system of self-management. They include:
• Vitals signs - blood pressure, pulse, temperature.
• Diabetes education
• Home glucose monitoring
• Changing eating habits and increasing physical activity
• Wound care - dressing changes and wound assessment
• Medication education or help with a new medication
• Home safety assessments
• Immunizations
• Follow-up on abnormal lab results.
• Case Management and Referral - The diabetes team will develop a patient health plan involving provider, diabetes nurse, community health worker, patient and their families. Case management services include assistance in making appointments to ensure that the patient has all periodic exams required in the management of their diabetes and the social services needed to increase their access to these services.
Medical Services:
Patients can be followed for their diabetic care at the AIHS Clinic. Diabetic patients will have regularly scheduled appointments depending on their medical condition in order to optimize the management of their diabetes and minimize the long-term complications of the disease.
Foot Screening and care is provided every three months at the patient's routine diabetes visit. Feet are checked for changes in blood flow, loss of protective sensation, ingrown toenails, skin problems and sores. The diabetes nurse will make an appointment with the podiatrist as needed.
Medication & Disease management - The medical staff will provide education on their medicines and prescription refills. It is important to keep medical clinic appointments to make sure medications are working and changes are not needed.
Diabetes - Community Health
4087 N. Broadway Chicago, IL 60613
773-883-9100
Monday - Friday ............8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Please call for more information.