Can Diabetes Educators use Twitter to Support Experienced Type 1s?
Jayne Lehmann RN CDE Part 2: Twitter – A tool for good not evil! In the second part of this blog on Twitter and its use by diabetes educators, the role it can play in supporting people who have had type 1 diabetes for a long time and are confidently self managing, or the veteran T1s, is explored. Twitter enables people to share…
New Year’s Resolutions – A taste of life with diabetes
Did you make a new year’s resolution? Many people start the new year off with one or more resolutions. Mostly their resolutions focus on things like planning to lose weight, get more exercise, stop smoking or drinking too much alcohol, decrease stress or increase time with family and friends. (Interesting that they all focus on positively influencing…
Diabetes Awareness Week 2016 – Same old, same old!
Yet again a negative and frightening national awareness campaign has been launched into the media and social media channels across Australia by Diabetes Australia (DA). This will be my thirty-first Diabetes Awareness Week and unfortunately will yet again increase diabetes distress in many people with diabetes as well as those yet to be diagnosed. There…
Social Media – Another tool in the Diabetes Educators’ tool kit!
Jayne Lehmann RN CDE Much of my time as a diabetes educator is spent supporting people in their quest for knowledge, skills and empowerment around their diabetes and its care. Until a year or so ago I hadn’t even considered social media as a skill I needed in my toolkit of education and consulting skills. That all changed after attending…
Type 2 diabetes BGM Strip Restrictions – CDE Survival Guide (Part 1)
Jayne Lehmann RN CDE Blood glucose monitoring strip restrictions are about to impact on the 789,985 Australians who are not prescribed insulin to manage their type 2 diabetes. Credentialled Diabetes Educator Jayne Lehmann looks at the implications for Credentialled Diabetes Educators (CDEs) and other health professionals in this two-part blog. Look out for the practical…
Type 2 diabetes BGM Strip Restrictions – CDE Survival Guide (Part 2)
For the first time, Australians with type 2 diabetes not using insulin will have access to blood glucose monitoring (BGM) strips restricted. Jayne Lehmann continues with the second instalment of a blog that guides Credentialled Diabetes Educators (CDEs) and health care professionals through the new guidelines and their implications for people with type 2 diabetes.…
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