The Medicare Diabetes Screening Project and the City of Atlanta Host Lunch and Learn at City Hall

The Medicare Diabetes Screening Project hosted  a Lunch and Learn event at Atlanta City Hall on Wednesday November 9th during National Diabetes Awareness Month. At this event, participants learned about the Get a Jump on Diabetes Campaign, and how to qualify for scholarships to the YMCA’s Diabetes Prevention Program that will ...

The Medicare Diabetes Screening Project and DeKalb County CEO Burell Ellis Team Up on World Diabetes Day

In Atlanta alone, there are currently more than 80,000 adults 65 or older who have prediabetes, and most don’t even know it. Atlanta’s first-of-its-kind diabetes prevention scholarship program for older adults, called Get a Jump on Diabetes, hosted a Lunch and Learn event in DeKalb County  on World Diabetes ...

The “Get a Jump on Diabetes” Campaign Kicks off in Atlanta

On Wednesday, September 28th, The MDSP and Metro Atlanta YMCA publically announced the Get a Jump on Diabetes campaign to the Metro Atlanta area. The event, held at the East Lake Family YMCA, included Dominique Wilkins, former Atlanta Hawks forward and NBA Hall of Famer, as well as prominent Emory ...

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 ...

“Get a Jump on Diabetes” Risk Assessments in Gwinnett County

As part of the "Get a Jump on Diabetes" Campaign,  Faith Community Nurses and Kroger Pharmacy will be providing free diabetes risk assessments for adults 65 or older to help older adults determine and reduce their risk for diabetes. Eligible candidates will be recommended to participate in the YMCA’s Diabetes ...

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 ...

Atlanta Gets a Jump on Diabetes

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MDSP Booth at ADA Expo in Atlanta Visited by Hundreds of Older Adults

[caption id="attachment_1948" align="alignright" width="300" caption="RSVP Senior Corps Volunteers discuss Diabetes Screening with a guest at the booth"][/caption] The MDSP has teamed up with the Y to offer the chance for 200 lucky adults age 65 and older who are at risk ...

MDSP/NCOA Training in Philadelphia, PA

The Medicare Diabetes Screening Project (MDSP) and the National Council on Aging (NCOA) combined efforts to promote diabetes screening, prevention, and self-management on October 20, 2010 at the Center in the Park Senior Center in Philadelphia, PA . This event in Philadelphia was one in a series of joint MDSP/NCOA training events, ...