(EFFINGHAM, IL) – HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital offers a free community diabetes program for people with diabetes. The program assists people with diabetes in obtaining resources needed to manage their disease.
Through this free program, people can get help with healthy food options and recipes, medication costs, free blood sugar testing supplies, laboratory exams, nutrition education, behavioral goal setting, and lifestyle changes. Participants with diabetes meet individually with a Registered Dietitian on a monthly basis to establish and work toward healthy goals. A free glucometer, test strips, and lancets are provided to participants.
A Registered Dietitian is available to meet with clients at the following locations by appointment only:
- Effingham Catholic Charities
- Jasper County Health Department
- Family Care Associates, Effingham
- HSHS St. Anthony’s Health Center in Altamont
For additional information or to schedule an appointment, please contact the Community Diabetes Program at 217-994-2737.
For more information about HSHS St. Anthony’s, visit the hospital web site at stanthonyshospital.org. HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital is part of the Southern Illinois Division of Hospital Sisters Health System, which also includes HSHS St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in O’Fallon, HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital in Breese, HSHS Holy Family Hospital in Greenville, and HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital in Highland.
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About Hospital Sisters Health System
Hospital Sisters Health System’s (HSHS) mission is to reveal and embody Christ’s healing love for all people through our high quality, Franciscan health care ministry. HSHS provides state-of-the-art health care to our patients and is dedicated to serving all people, especially the most vulnerable, at each of our 15 Local Systems and physician practices in Illinois (Breese, Decatur, Effingham, Greenville, Highland, Litchfield, O’Fallon, Shelbyville, and Springfield) and Wisconsin (Chippewa Falls, Eau Claire, Oconto Falls, Sheboygan, and two in Green Bay). HSHS is sponsored by Hospital Sisters Ministries, and Hospital Sisters of St. Francis is the founding institute. For more information about HSHS, visit www.hshs.org. For more information about Hospital Sisters of St. Francis, visit www.hospitalsisters.org.
