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EdHealth AUSTRALIA

Diabetes 4 Disability ... Tackling diabetes health and wellbeing of people with a disability

EDHEALTH AUSTRALIA

Diabetes 4 Disability (D4D) Capability Framework

We're building a new framework of capability within health and disability systems for quality, safe and equitable diabetes management across Australia.
Addressing touchpoints within our health and disability systems will improve health outcomes for people with diabetes and cognitive disability.

D4D Training

EdHealth Australia partners with disability organisations to prepare their support workers for quality and safe diabetes support. The Diabetes 4 Disability online training uses a flexible system of Modules, enabling us to match each NDIS participant's diabetes type, medications and equipment to deliver a highly individualised training program. Organisations choose D4D because we set the organisation and their support workers for success by mitigating the risk inherent in NDIS high intensity support.

Inclusive diabetes support delivers equitable access to healthcare

EdHealth's Registered Nurse Credentialled Diabetes Educators focus on each person's disability, their circle of support and diabetes care needs to set everyone for success.

D4D Diabetes Management Plans

D4D Diabetes Management Plans guide support workers with person centred practical advice on the support required to enable a person with a disability to care for their diabetes. Information is written in an easy to read style and the picture resources we create, make the document accessible to support workers and the person with a disability.

Low literacy support

We support people with an intellectual or cognitive disability to be involved in their diabetes care by incorporating picture resources and adapted education strategies into their D4D system of support. Resources are individually tailored to support safe and accurate glucose monitoring with a meter, sensor or subcutaneous injections, and the steps involved in responding to a low or high glucose level, sick day or diabetes emergency,

Quality and Safety Frameworks

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Jayne Lehmann provides specialist consultancy to disability organisations seeking to strengthen the governance, quality and safety of health-related supports. Drawing on more than 40 years of nursing and diabetes expertise, lived experience, disability advocacy and extensive work within the NDIS, Jayne helps organisations identify governance gaps, clarify clinical and operational responsibilities, strengthen policies and escalation pathways, and build staff capability to recognise and respond to health risks. Her practical, person-centred approach supports boards, executives and service leaders to develop accountable systems that connect health professionals, disability teams, participants and families—reducing preventable harm while improving health equity, regulatory readiness and the consistency of everyday support. Read More

EdHealth's Shop ...

... delivers ready made picture resources for low literacy Education and support for individual health professionals or disability organisations to use in their work with people with diabetes and low literacy.

D4D Blogs inform and inspire

Step into Our Knowledge Hub and explore a range of topics related to diabetes and disability.

EDHEALTH AUSTRALIA

"We want people with a disability to be able to care for their diabetes like those without a disability."

Jayne Lehmann, Director EdHealth Australia

Acknowledgement of Country

We gratefully acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which we live and work in today, the Kaurna (gar-nah) and Ngarrindjeri (ngar-rind-jer-i) peoples. We pay our respects to the resilience, strength and wisdom of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders, past and present, across the nation.

We recognise the importance of yarning and deep listening to respectfully walk together to plan ways to improve the impact of diabetes on our First Nation peoples.