Self-Care and Diabetes Management

Self-care means caring for yourself in ways that promote health and well-being. It is critical to follow a self-care plan including a routine of intentional practices designed to meet your physical, emotional, and spiritual needs and enable you to function at your best. Self-care gives you the power to nurture your body, mind, and spirit in transformative ways.

Personal Care

Find tips for applying facial moisturizer and makeup, shaving, and carrying out additional grooming routines when blind or low vision.

If you have diabetes, keep your health on TRACK. under is letter of track is a graphic of a medicine bottle, weight scale, figure on bicycle, heart with beat line going through it and a no cigarette smoking symbol.

A Guide for Managing Diabetes with Vision Loss

A Guide to Caring for Yourself: The Basics Listen to Living with Diabetes and Visual Impairment—General Information Audio (audio not updated) Diabetes care is almost entirely managed by the person […]

Tips for Managing Diabetes with Blindness/Low Vision

As explained in the Guide to Diabetes Management section, Diabetes Self-Management is organized around seven diabetes self-care behaviors, known as the ADCES7 Self-Care Behaviors®. In the guide, you will learn the […]

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Health and Well-Being

This series of articles, written by APH VisionAware peer advisor Audrey Demmitt, R.N., discusses techniques for eating well, exercising, sleeping, and more from a blind and low-vision perspective.