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Free Diabetes Self-Management Classes Forming for People with Disabilities
OSWEGO: ARISE is pleased to announce a new Diabetes Self-Management Program for people with disabilities who are on Medicaid. The six-week workshop is free and will take place once a week starting on January 15th.
Classes are designed to help participants learn the skills needed in the day-to-day management of diabetes, incorporate healthy lifestyle changes, create action plans, and teach individuals what questions to ask their health care providers.
The workshops (each 2 1/2 hours long) will be offered at the ARISE Oswego office (9 Fourth Avenue) and will be led by certified peer-leaders, Shane Hoey (ARISE Medicaid Service Coordinator) and Jim Karasek (ARISE Manager of Independent Living Services).
To sign up for the workshop or to learn more, contact Shane Hoey at 342-4088 x222 or Jim Karasek at 342-4088 x206 or register online at: https://www.ceacw.org/programs/dsmp and click on tab select a workshop.
About ARISE:
ARISE is a non-profit Independent Living Center run by and for people with disabilities. The organization has been providing advocacy and services since 1979, and each year ARISE works with approximately 4,000 people of all ages who have all types of disabilities. ARISE has offices in Onondaga, Oswego, Madison, Cayuga, and Seneca counties and operates ARISE at the Farm, a 77-acre recreational facility in Chittenango, NY, and ARISE & Ski at Toggenburg Winter Sports Center in Fabius, NY.
