SOWEGA Council on Aging, Albany, Georgia Awarded Grant to Support Diabetes Screening Activities for Seniors

SOWEGA is one of eight agencies nationwide to receive funding from the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a) and Novo Nordisk Washington – The National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a) announced today that it has partnered with Novo Nordisk and the Medicare Diabetes Screening Project ...

SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM NOW AVAILABLE FOR SENIORS IN LOUISVILLE AND LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY

(Louisville, KY)   Kentucky is among the ten states with the highest incidence of diabetes in the United States.  Ten per cent of Kentuckians are estimated to have diabetes, 20 percent of Kentuckians over the age of 65.  Clearly, the probability of getting diabetes goes up as Kentuckians get older. To ...

Maricopa Integrated Health System Partners with Valley of the Sun YMCA and the MDSP in Phoenix

100 Seniors Will Receive Scholarship Funding For Their Participation in the YMCA's Diabetes Prevention Program Maricopa Integrated Health System (MIHS) along with Valley of the Sun YMCA have announced a new and innovative collaboration with the Medicare Diabetes Screening Project through Novo Nordisk Inc., a leader in diabetes care.   MIHS will ...

2010-2011 Grant Award Winner Highlights

Congratulations to all of our Grant Award Winners from 2010-2011! Here are some of the highlights of their activities. Positive Image Productions in Missouri City, Texas is in the final stages of producing a video piece entitled, “Diabetes, Medicare and You.” The piece features information aimed at seniors about Medicare and ...

INNOVATIVE DIABETES PREVENTION PROGRAM AVAILABLE FOR FREE IN METRO ATLANTA

ATLANTA, GA (September 28, 2011) – The Medicare Diabetes Screening Project (MDSP) in collaboration with the Atlanta Regional Commission’s Area Agency on Aging (AAA) and the Metro Atlanta YMCA today launched a first in the nation diabetes scholarship to enroll adults 65 or older with prediabetes who are overweight in ...

Thank You to Our Georgia Partners

AARP Alzheimer’s Association-Georgia Chapter American Diabetes Association Atlanta Black Nurses Association, Inc. Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Constituent Services Atlanta Medical Center Atlanta Regional Commission, Area Agency on Aging Concerned Black Clergy of Atlanta DeKalb Medical, Diabetic Education Department Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Marietta-Roswell Alumnae Chapter Dorothy C. Benson Senior Multipurpose Complex Fulton County Health & Human Services, Office ...

Dominique Wilkins Helps Mississippi “Slam Dunk” Diabetes”

[caption id="attachment_2066" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Derrick Johnson, Yumeka Rushing, Dominique Wilkins, Felicia Kent, and Mayor Harvey Johnson at the event in Mississippi."][/caption] On Friday, August 19th, Novo Nordisk and the Mississippi Medicare Diabetes Screening Project hosted NBA Hall of ...

Georgia AARP Gets a Jump on Diabetes

On July 23rd, The MDSP held a special training session with AARP Georgia Chapter Leaders and multicultural volunteers at the Marriott Century Center in Atlanta, GA. The training session included information about the new collaboration with the YMCA of Metro Atlanta to enroll Medicare beneficiaries in the YMCA’s Diabetes Prevention Program. The ...

VSP Offers Free Eye Exams to Columbus Residents

Vision Service Plan (VSP), a Medicare Diabetes Screening Project national partner, worked in conjunction with the Columbus Research Foundation, the Center for Health Transformation’s Georgia Project, and Novo Nordisk, to launch an innovative program designed to assess whether a free ...