Diabetes Care

Provides publicly funded outpatient dietitian support in St. Thomas for eligible community members, including nutrition counselling relevant to diabetes, metabolic health and cardiovascular risk.

Provides a concise, printable summary of current recommendations for diabetes screening, targets, treatment, cardiovascular and kidney protection, complications and special populations.

Provider toolkit includes foot-care checklists, monofilament and tuning-fork screening instructions, the Inlow 60-second diabetic foot screen and ulcer-management resources.

Interactive decision-support tool for early-pregnancy and 24-to-28-week screening, including one-step and two-step oral glucose-tolerance pathways.

Comprehensive point-of-care library covering screening, A1C targets, pharmacotherapy, insulin, glucose monitoring, hypoglycemia, sick-day management, renal dosing, foot care, pregnancy and pediatric diabetes.

Provides credible education, self-management resources and a national information line at 1-800-226-8464 for people living with diabetes and their caregivers.

Provides a structured prescribing aid for clinicians initiating or adjusting insulin therapy and supports clearer communication of insulin type, dose and timing.

Interactive provider tool that interprets A1C, fasting glucose and oral glucose-tolerance results and identifies normal, at-risk, prediabetes, diabetes or discordant results.

Generates individualized self-monitoring blood-glucose frequency and timing recommendations based on diabetes type, therapy, glycemic control, illness, steroid use and pregnancy.

Interactive decision-support tool for selecting glucose-lowering therapy based on age, kidney function, albuminuria, current medications and patient characteristics.

Offers a structured 22-session nutrition and lifestyle program over seven months for people living with diabetes who need broader behavioural and self-management support; confirm current eligibility with the team.

Explains how patients with a family physician can be referred and how people without a family physician can contact the regional diabetes support program directly at 519-646-6000 ext. 67268.

Searchable regional library of diabetes, endocrinology, bone-density and related referral or requisition forms for Accuro and TELUS PS Suite users in Southwestern Ontario.

Provides OHIP-covered individual and group education from certified diabetes educators for eligible Elgin–St. Thomas residents with type 1 diabetes, insulin-treated type 2 diabetes with A1C above 8%, gestational diabetes or prednisone-induced hyperglycemia; physician or nurse-practitioner referral is required.

Provides the current referral form and Elgin County Diabetes Referral Guide to help clinicians select STEGH or another local diabetes program based on diagnosis, treatment and location.

Regional multidisciplinary program providing specialized care for diabetes, lipid disorders, thyroid disease and cancer, pituitary, adrenal and gonadal disorders, pregnancy-related endocrine conditions and osteoporosis.

Provides regional specialist assessment and diabetes education for gestational diabetes and pre-existing diabetes or endocrine disorders complicating pregnancy; use the current referral form.

Central source for the Diabetes and Endocrine Pregnancy, Diabetes Education Centre, Diabetes Endocrinology ODP and Thyroid Cancer referral forms used by regional providers.

Provides referral-based multidisciplinary education, one-to-one care, insulin-pump preparation and self-management support from nurses, dietitians, pharmacists, social workers and endocrinology clinicians.

Referral pathway for outpatient specialist assessment of diabetes and general endocrine concerns through the regional Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism.

Provides comprehensive multidisciplinary type 2 diabetes management for people without primary care or facing barriers such as financial hardship, language needs, complex illness or difficulty navigating care.

Provides diabetes education and management for enrolled Thames Valley Family Health Team patients through local St. Thomas sites; patients must belong to the team.

Provides publicly funded diabetes education and management through East Elgin in Aylmer and West Elgin sites in West Lorne and Dutton, with referral details listed in the Elgin County guide.