Youth Diabetes
Beyond the Diagnosis: T1D Youth Diabetes
According to the CDC, Type 1 diabetes effects approximately 22 out of every 100,000 children ages 0-14. It is an auto-immune disease that requires a life-long dependence on insulin and has a significant impact on a person’s daily life. In Douglas County, those numbers look very similar, if not a bit higher. According to Douglas Education Service District (ESD) nurses who oversee the complex care for students with Type 1 diabetes while in the classroom, we currently have over 30 families locally whose children are living with this disease.
With such a complex condition, supporting both families and children requires extensive resources that, until now, have been missing in our community. In January 2018, Mercy Foundation, Mercy Medical Center, Cow Creek Health and Wellness Center and ESD school nurses started collaborating to find a way to provide local support and services for these families. By late 2018, the very first gathering was held at the Cow Creek Health and Wellness Center in Roseburg. By partnering with Cow Creek, Evergreen and others in the community, a support system has been pulled together to serve both the needs of parents and their children with Type 1 diabetes. Now local families are able to meet monthly with other families facing similar challenges and learn together.
At the support group meetings, topics discussed include nutrition education, food tastings, and general diabetes care, as well as time to socialize and network with other parents and youth.
In addition, the Cow Creek Health and Wellness Center has extended access to their Tele-Psych program, providing a missing piece to support the behavioral and mental health needs of these kids.
We are pleased to announce that we now have a local Pediatric Endocrinologist, Dr. Racine at Evergreen Family Medical. The Foundation is excited to be a part of offering these new resources to help parents and kids better manage T1D.
Click Here to learn more about this program or our support group.
Special Thanks to our Type 1 Diabetes Steering Committee:
Tammy Rondeau, Lisa Platt, Marcella Post, Barb Hofford, Anita Ogden, Dr. Sharon Stanphill, Kim Tyree, Lauren Haddock, Jamie Vanassche, and Erin Miller.
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