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Community Health Page 4 ANNOUNCING Dia6etes (Day Monday, Judy 27th at the S ile tz Com munity Jfeaith C&nic This special opportunity for multiple screenings during one visit will be offered once each quarter, SCHC medical and dental staff invite all diabetic clients to schedule an appointment on Diabetes Day to receive screenings including: (BloodPressure and CBQ Vision • (Dented tfem ogbB in^lC • Toot Checks to announce that Janet Meirelles will be giving an inspirational and educational presentation in the morning, Janet is a nationally known speaker on diabetes and the author of D i a f io f o e * « Un/ a if ¡tuna nf fialen Janet Meireffes, Certtfùd (Diabetes Educator • Certified tfeaüb Education Specialist Member Editorial (Board, "(Diabetes Forecast" ■ i i ■ ■ 9:30 am-12:00 noon Sifctz Community Center Lunch tofottbw. Please contact Sandra Hahn, RN, a t SCHC fo r more inform ation: (541)444-1030/(800)648-0449 I available to tribal members in other areas: contact your local Area Office. Effective January 1. 1998 CHS Optometry Benefit Explained ■ News for a ll' CHS-eligible Tribal Members (Inside the 11 -county service area): Priority #1 Patients (Elders 55 years of age and over; full-time students; and diabetics) Currently, for Priority #1 patients, CHS will pay up to $250. ■of eye ware and one optometry exam every 12 months. The $250. limit applies to the cost of glasses and/or contact lenses. CHS normally pays for medically necessary items only. You can order tints, progressive ("no-line bifocal") lenses, and transition ("photogray") lenses if you agree to pay any additional costs beyond the $250. allowance. Tints are not covered beyond the $250. limit unless prescribed by your eye doctor and approved by CHS. If a second optometry exam is necessary in a 12-month period, a gatekeeping request must be approved or the cost of the exam Will become part of the $250. allowance. , Patients who do not fit into the Priority #1 Category For CEB-eligible patients who are , not in Priority #1 category, CHS will pay up to $250. of eye ware and one optometry exam eyery 24 months. The $250. limit applies to the cost of the glasses and/or contact lenses, not the optometry exam. CHS normally pays for medically necessary items only. You can order tints, progres sive lenses, and transition lenses if you agree to pay any additional costs beyond tire $250. allowance. Tints are not covered beyond the $250. limit unless prescribed by your eye doctor and approved by CHS. If a second optometry exam is necessary in a 24-month period, a gatekeeping request must be approved or the cost of the exam will become part of the $250. allowance. Diabetes is affecting too many Native American families GLORIA VANDEHEY, RN Siletz Community HealihClinic What is SCHC doing to helpyon? Fortunately, the Clinton Administration is very aware of iabetes is à disease that affects the Native Americans7 unique the way the body uses food and turns it info energy. Diabetes position with diabetes, and they have allocated $300 million to is a serious condition that can provide grants over five years for cause problem^ with yòur heart, the. prevention and treatment of eyes, kidneys and your feet. diabetes in Indian health Diabetes keeps your body from programs. This is where your properly using the food you eat Clinic comes in: to take advantage for energy. of those funds to help in this Diabetes causes sugar in your community. blood to build up and not be used A grant has been secured for the for energy. People with diabetes Siletz Tribal Council and the Siletz have high blood sugar, which Tribal Management. The Nurse causes damage to feet, heart, eyes Educator and the medical staff are and kidneys. forming a Medical Steering Eating sugar does n ot cause Committee. Also, a Siletz Tribal diabetes. The causes are too much weight for your size, not enough Advisory Council will be estab activity - like walking, and eating lished. This Advisory Council will too much fatty food. decide what educational events Sometimes. yóu -can feel good and clinical services they want to and still have diabetes. Some of have. This council will be made up of tribal members interested in the sighs and symptoms might be: developing an ongoing diabetes .♦ You feel tired education program. ♦ You have blurry vision. ♦ Each month there will be a ♦ You are thirsty all of the time free walk-in clinic for screenings. ♦ You have to urinate often ♦ M ed ical, d e n ta l, an d optometry and nursing services Some people with diabetes do and nutritional services and a hot feel body changes. Unfortu podiatrist will be included. nately, American Indians are mòre ♦ Individual, group, and family likely to get diabetes. The reason diabetic management Will be goes ,100 to 300 years back to your offered. ancestors. Years ; ago, Native ♦ A quarterly "Diabetes Day" Americans did , not have-diabetes; will be offered every three months. In traditional times, sugar and fat. ♦ The quarterly 'Diabetes Day" and salt were available in Only will include educational activities, yery small amounts. Your a traditional meal, and expanded ancestors had what is called the clinical services (eg, eye arid foot "thrifty gene." That simply means exams). that they had. limited access to ♦ Tobacco-cessation classes will food and had to spend a relatively be offered, large amount of high energy to Watch for these events, or call if find the food. They had to hunt you are interested in becoming and gather and prepare their food. So your ancestors had a metabolic part of the Siletz Tribal Diabetes efficiency gene built in and you Education Advisory Board. still carry oh that genetic message. Let's celebrate life and aim to The only problem is that was 100 get back that harmony and to 300 years ago; now thè Native balance your ancestors had in American just has to drive to the nature. store and buy the fried chicken Gloria VanDeHey is a student at and bread and the sweets and drive home and eat it and then sit Oregon Health Sciences University and watchTV. (OHSU) specializing in Diabetes The good news is diabetes can Education studying at the Siletz be controlled and you can live a Clinic. "Thanks for this opportunity." long, healthy life in harmony and balance. You will need to balance your food and exercise. D
