Patient Resources
Taking good care of yourself can seem daunting when you have diabetes - whether you've just learned you have the disease or you've had it for a long time.
There's a lot to consider, from eating healthy meals to exercising, monitoring your blood glucose and taking your medications. But the right tools and support can make diabetes self-care very manageable in your everyday life. The following patient materials are designed to give you tools and encouragement.
AADE7™ Self-Care Behaviors Handouts
These handouts provide some basic information about the seven different areas to focus on when you are trying to manage your diabetes. Each one includes some facts, tips, advice and activities that will get you started on your self-care and reinforce some of the lessons you learn in your diabetes education sessions.
AADE7™ Self-Care Behaviors Videos and Guidebook
Developed as part of AADE's public awareness program, Side by Side: A Partner Approach to Diabetes Self-Care, these short videos and patient guidebook (available in English and Spanish) introduce you to important diabetes self-care behaviors. They promote a team approach to successful behavior change and diabetes self-care.
AADE/NDEP Patient Education Brochures
AADE and the National Diabetes Education Program, a division of the National Institutes of Health, have teamed up to make a variety of patient education materials available for diabetes educators and people with diabetes to download.
Diabetes Education Blog
Read our patient focused blog which is intended to provide general commentary about diabetes and allow for visitors to engage in conversations about their experiences. It is authored by diabetes educators, who are AADE members.