Our March meeting was very informative with members of the JDRF family. Lourdes Andrews, JDRF Advocate & Ambassador &
Kara Simpson, JDRF Outreach Coordinator, in addition to Robin Greengrove, BSN, RNC, CSN, Health Center Director of Camp Nejada were our speakers.
1. JDRF is happy to help educate staff whenever we can. Doing this through the Kid’s Walk program is always a fun activity for the kids. Stacy DiArchangel manages our Kids walks. Her email is [email protected]
Kara Simpson, JDRF Outreach Coordinator, in addition to Robin Greengrove, BSN, RNC, CSN, Health Center Director of Camp Nejada were our speakers.
1. JDRF is happy to help educate staff whenever we can. Doing this through the Kid’s Walk program is always a fun activity for the kids. Stacy DiArchangel manages our Kids walks. Her email is [email protected]
- The 30 day program for students experiencing Diabetic Burnout is separate from Clare Venus. So, Clare is a local psychologist who is in private practice in Montlcair, NJ. Her email is [email protected].
- The other program is through Children’s Specialized Hospital in New Brunswick. Colin O'Reilly is the Section Chief of In-patient services. His contact information is: p: 732-258-7276; cell is 862-240-8280 and email is[email protected]. There are outpatient and acute in-patient options. For general information, their website is www.childrens-specialized.org and their main number is 1-888-CHILDREN (244-5373).
- For all of the information on Kids Walk, please contact Stacy DiArchangel at [email protected]
- In-service trainings on pumps and CGMs for the nurses is offered by each company (they are the experts for their devices) Here are the contacts for the companies I have:
- Dexcom (CGM) is Ed Agovino (p) 732-598-6653; email is [email protected]
- OmniPod – Dena Gottesman (p)800-551-2475 ext 7203; email is [email protected]
- Animas – Pam White (p) 877-937-7867 ext 3408; email is [email protected]
- Additional resources for parents and nurses are jdrf.org/newjerseymetro (there is information for Advocacy, events, resources, etc) Also www.diabetes.org, www.campnejeda.org
- will pass along any additional contacts for pump companies as she is able to locate the information. There are programs to help with insulin costs, legal assistance which is 1-800-Diabetes and many other outreach, psychosocial and just networking. Connecting Type 1 families with other families who know what they are dealing with.
- JDRF have toolkits for School Advisory, Teens, Newly diagnosed Adults, Adults who have been living with T1d for years, T1d and pregnancy and we have some information in Spanish as well.