Disability organisations are provided with very little information on which to base their organisation's policies, processes and support strategies for a quality approach to supporting people with diabetes. The Diabetes Care & Support of People with Intellectual Disability or Acquired Brain Injury Manual provides information about the recommended delivery of support services to people with a cognitive disability.
Written by Jayne Lehmann, Director of EdHealth Australia, a Registered Nurse, Credentialled Diabetes Educator with lived experience from caring for her daughter Sarah, who had an intellectual disability. Jayne's contact with disability organisations and support workers who provided support for Sarah's care at home, sleepovers at respite services, day options and later accommodation and community activities, informed the development of this Manual.
This information has been put together to provide a starting point to the development of diabetes support quality and safety systems and also to provide additional information within the house of a person with a disability and diabetes. The support workers can use the information in their support of the individual.
The manual includes resources designed to support quality diabetes care by disability organisations and their support or care workers. This resource will also be of interest to any health professional working with someone with a disability and diabetes. For example, Credentialled Diabetes Educators, diabetes educators, primary care nurses in general practice, Registered and Enrolled Nurses and allied health professionals.
The information is written in an easy-to-read style with a range of icons used throughout the manual, making it easy to use. Diabetes care tips, case studies and resources designed to be used with people with an intellectual disability make it easy to use the information to provide high quality diabetes care to clients with an intellectual disability or acquired brain injury.
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