Lifestyle Modification Program (LMP)

Supporting people to prevent or delay the occurrence of Type 2 Diabetes

The new nationally accredited Lifestyle Modification Program (LMP) 'Reset Your Life, a healthy lifestyle program to prevent diabetes', aims to reduce the risk or delay the onset of Type 2 Diabetes in participants. The LMP is an integral component of the broader National Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes Program initiated earlier in 2008 as part of the ‘Council of Australian Governments – Reducing the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes’ initiative.

Objectives

The North West Slopes Division of General Practice’s main objectives in delivering the accredited Lifestyle Modification Programs are:

  1. To orientate practices to the program, client eligibility and screening and Medicare Item referral options
  2. To support general practice to engage ‘at risk’ clients, establish level of risk and instigate early interventions
  3. To support practices to interpret LMP referral pathways and follow referral processes
  4. To coordinate and implement a quality LMP service that includes delivery of the accredited program as per national standards for clients, program data collection, evaluation and reporting and feedback to the referring general practitioner.

What does a Lifestyle Modification Program involve?

The program is called “Reset your life” and delivered by skilled and experienced health professionals (diabetes educators, exercise physiologists, dieticians and healthy lifestyle nurses). The group based education with no more than 10 people in each session, will teach participants about:

  • Risk of diabetes and their relationship to lifestyle factors
  • Importance of regular diabetes screening
  • Nutrition advice and education
  • Physical activity advice
  • Behavioral strategies for lifestyle changes
  • Smoking cessation and alcohol reduction advice
  • Information about community resources.

The program consists of seven sessions run over a six-month period. Session lengths vary in time from 1.5hrs for the first two sessions to 1 hour for sessions five to seven.

The program is subsidized by the Australian Government, however patients contribute a $50 co-payment. Health Care Card and Concession Card holders are exempt from the co-payment.

Enrolment in the program

  1. Confirm eligibility:
    a. Health Assessment - Patients can be referred through item numbers 701, 703, 705, 707 and 715 for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.
    b. Completion of the AUSDRISK tool with a score of ≥ 12.
    c. Diabetes Type 2 is excluded through a fasting blood glucose test.
  2. Complete the GP referral form and fax it to a local LMP provider.
  3. Patients will be contacted by the LMP provider and booked into a LMP session.

Practices should contact the Division to identify what lifestyle modification programs are available locally.

More information

To find out more about LMP, contact the Division's LMP Facilitator (02) 6766 1394 or email: (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

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