Aprenda acerca de los beneficios y efectos secundarios de cómo usar medicamentos e insulina y cómo hacer cambios en su forma de vida, prestar atención a su dieta, y estar enterado de complicaciones agudas y a largo plazo de la Diabetes. Nuestro equipo incluye endocrinólogos, practicantes primarios de la salud, los dietéticos y los educadores de la Diabetes, quienes trabajarán juntos con los pacientes para ayudarle a conocer y controlar el nivel de glucosa y cómo promover buena salud.

Se requiere una autorización de su doctor/a en Facey para poder participar en el programa.

Tuesdays:
4-Part Series (starting 05/01):

Covers flexibility, stretching, strengthening, and aerobic exercise, (mostly Chair Exercises) based on PACE (People with Arthritis Can Exercise) meets twice weekly.

No Registration Needed.

Mission Hills - click for map
11165 Sepulveda Blvd.
Mission Hills, CA 91345

Learn about the important considerations while you are on Coumadin/warfarin therapy. Topics discussed include:

• How to take your medication
• Side effects
• Dietary considerations
• Exercise and Activity
• When to contact your provider
• Effects of other medications, vitamins and herbs

Learn about the benefits and side effects of using medications and insulin to treat diabetes. How to make lifestyle and dietary changes and to become aware of both acute and long-term complications of diabetes will also be covered.

Our multi-disciplinary team includes endocrinologists, primary care providers, dietitians and diabetes educators who work together with our patients to help them learn to control and maintain their glucose levels and to promote better health.

A referral from a Facey doctor is necessary for this program. Offered in Spanish also.

Wednesdays:
4-Part Series (starting 5/02):

Thursdays:
2-Part Series (starting 5/03):

Fridays:
4-Part Series (starting 5/04):

Thursdays:
2-Part Series (starting 4/19):

This specific focus class seeks to educate the pregnant woman of the risks that diabetes imposes on her baby, and the ways those risks can be minimized through diet, exercise and the monitoring of glucose levels

A referral from a Facey doctor is necessary for this program.
 

Simple lifestyle changes can delay or prevent the development of diabetes mellitus type 2 in at-risk individuals. This 2-part program (and in some cases combined in one) will provide participants with information about how to make lifestyle changes such as improving diet, increasing physical exercise, losing weight and reducing stress. Offered in Spanish also.

Knowing what to expect helps patients make good recoveries after knee or hip replacement surgery. Patients learn about who will be taking care of them at every stage, the details of blood transfusions, medications they will most likely be given, the anticipated length of the surgery, when family may visit, the nature of post-operative physical therapy and much more.
 

Your heart is your best friend, Keeping it healthy is a wise investment. High blood pressure, high cholesterol and high blood sugar can damage your heart and blood vessels, and contribute to heart attack and stroke.

Come learn about the risk factors, lifetsyle guidelines, and dietary changes you can make to keep your heart healthy and minimize complications of heart disease.

In this 2-hour class, you will learn simple and effective strategies you can apply to hav e a healthy heart and improved quality of life.

Seating is limited. Register by calling (818)403-2867

En Espanol - Clase Para un Corazon Saludable

(El Control del Colesterol y la Presion Arterial Alta) - Para information llame al (818)403-2867

If you have ongoing health problems, this 6-part series of workshops is for you! The Healthier Living program was designed by Stanford University for people who:

• have an ongoing health problem
• are family or friends of someone with an ongoing health problem
• are interested in becoming more physically and socially active

Over the course the Healthier Living workshop you will learn how to:

• Cope with the "blues," frustrations and worries
• Reduce fatigue, anxiety and pain
• Communicate better with your doctors, friends and family
• Set goals and problem solve to make positive changes
• Eat better and stick to a healthy diet
• Better manage health problems to lessen the impact on your life

This highly informative program is free of charge to Facey patients and their families. The program consists of six consecutive weekly classes lasting 2 1/2 hours each.