NUTRITIONAL SERVICES/DIABETES Education
Our Nutritional Services Department helps people maintain good health with good nutrition. Highly qualified Clinical Dietitians provide nutritional assessments, and develop, plan, and monitor nutritional care. Various services are available to hospital patients, nursing home residents, dialysis patients, medical rehabilitation patients and outpatients. For information call 585-798-8121.
Services for outpatients include:
- Individualized, in-depth nutritional counseling with a Registered Dietitian
- Specialty nutritional education for:
- Diabetes
- Weight Management
- Therapeutic diets
- Cardiac
- Low sodium
- Fluid restricted
- Diabetic
- Renal
- Low fat/low cholesterol
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Pregnancy Nutritional Needs
- General Health and Wellness Nutrition
Services provided to hospital inpatients include:
- Nutritional screens within 24 hours of admission
- Comprehensive nutritional evaluations
- Monitoring of nutritional supplements needs
- Monitoring for food-drug interaction in collaboration with other health team members
- Providing nutritional education for specific diets ordered by your doctor
Services provided to nursing home residents include:
- Specialized knowledge in geriatric nutritional needs
- Education and dietary counseling for specific diets or healthy eating for residents
Services for dialysis patients include:
- Monitoring of laboratory reports by a Registered Dietitian
- Ongoing nutritional counseling
- Monitoring of the need for specific renal nutritional supplements
Diabetes Education
- Diabetes Education (One-on-One)
One-on-one sessions are available with Marian Miano, RN, CDE, as well sessions with a registered dietician
- 2-Hour Basic Diabetes Program
Offered every other month. Registration Required.
- Diabetes Support Group
Every other month with events, including picnics and holiday parties
- Diabetes Education 10-hour program
Three 3-hour classes and a shopping tour @ Medina Tops Friendly Market. Registration Required.
Questions or to register call Community Partners at (585) 798-6641
