The Power to Control Diabetes Is in Your Hands Community Outreach Kit

Additional Resources

Free Government Educational Resources for Older Adults

• Talking With Your Doctor: A Guide for Older People (NIH)
• Be an Active Member of Your Health Care Team (FDA)
• Buying Prescription Medicine Online: A Consumer Safety Guide (FDA)
• Exercise & Physical Activity: Getting Fit for Life (also available in Spanish) (NIH)
• Exercise Guide (with DVD/VHS video) (NIH)
• Fit and Fabulous as You Mature (NIH)
• Growing Stronger - Strength Training for Older Adults (CDC)
• Good Nutrition: It’s a Way of Life (NIH)
• Eating Well As You Get Older (NIH)
• Eating Well As We Age (FDA)
• There’s No Place Like Home—For Growing Old (NIH)
• Young at Heart: Tips for Older Adults (also available in Spanish) (NIH)
• Our Health, Our Community: Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Outreach to American Indians/Alaskan Natives DVD (CMS)

For free information about Medicare coverage of diabetes supplies and other types of Medicare services, contact:

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227), available in English and Spanish
1-877-486-2048 for TTY users
1-800-HHS-TIPS (1-800-447-8477) to report Medicare fraud and abuse
www.medicare.gov
www.medicare.gov/caregivers

For more information about diabetes and older adults, contact:

National Diabetes Education Program
1-888-693-NDEP (1-888-693-6337), available in English and Spanish
1-866-569-1162 for TTY users
www.YourDiabetesInfo.org
www.diabetesinformacion.org (en español)

Administration on Aging
1-202-619-0724
www.aoa.gov

American Association of Diabetes Educators
1-800-338-3633
www.diabeteseducator.org

American Diabetes Association
1-800-DIABETES (1-800–342–2383)
www.diabetes.org

American Dietetic Association
1-800-877-1600
www.eatright.org

American Heart Association
1-800-AHA-USA1 (1-800–242–8721)
www.americanheart.org

American Society on Aging
1-800-537-9728
www.asaging.org

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
1-877-CDC-INFO (1-877-232-4636)
www.cdc.gov/diabetes
www.cdc.gov/aging

For a list of CDC-funded State Diabetes Prevention and Control Programs, visit www.cdc.gov/diabetes/states

EyeCare America
A public service foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology
www.eyecareamerica.org
To determine qualification for no cost medical eye exams and eye care, call 1-800-222-EYES (3937)

Indian Health Services
1-505-248-4182
www.ihs.gov/MedicalPrograms/Diabetes

National Asian Pacific Center on Aging
1-800-33-NAPCA (1-800-336-2722)
National Multilingual Toll-free Helpline Numbers:
Chinese: 1-800-582-4218
Korean: 1-800-582-4259
Vietnamese: 1-800-582-4336
www.napca.org

National Association of Area Agencies on Aging
1-202-872-0888
www.n4a.org

For information and referral to community-based services for older adults, contact the Eldercare Locator at (1-800-677-1116) or www.eldercare.gov.

National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse
1-800-860-8747
www.diabetes.niddk.nih.gov

National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
1-301-592-8573
www.nhlbi.nih.gov

National Hispanic Council on Aging
1-202-347-9733
www.nhcoa.org

National Indian Council on Aging
1-505-292-2001  
www.nicoa.org

National Institute on Aging
1-301-496-1752
www.nia.nih.gov

For health information for older adults from the National Institute on Aging and the National Library of Medicine, visit www.nihseniorhealth.gov.

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
1-301-496-3583
www.niddk.nih.gov

National Kidney Disease Education Program
1-866-4-KIDNEY (1-866-454-3639)
www.nkdep.nih.gov

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Carolyn Leontos, M.S., R.D., C.D.E., Nutrition Specialist, University of Nevada, Reno, Cooperative Extension and Linda Haas, Ph.C., R.N., C.D.E., Endocrinology Clinical Nurse
Specialist, Department of Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle Division, reviewed this kit for scientific and medical accuracy.

Many thanks to NDEP’s Older Adult Work Group for their review of materials in this kit:

• American Association of Diabetes Educators
• American Dietetic Association
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
• Lions Club International
• Medicare Diabetes Screening Project
• Minnesota Diabetes Prevention and Control Program
• National Association of Nutrition and Aging Services Programs
• National Council on Aging
• National Indian Council on Aging
• Office of Women’s Health
• Veterans Health Administration

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ National Diabetes Education Program is jointly sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with the support of more than 200 partner organizations.

www.YourDiabetesInfo.org
1-888-693-NDEP (6337); TTY: 1-866-569-1162

Revised January 2008

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