In the diabetes world there are people who inspire with their unique diabetes journey and Rachel Zinman can add her name to this special list. ‘Yoga for Diabetes’ was written by Rachel to share her 30 plus year journey with yoga, a central tenet of her life. Rachel has used yoga and Ayurveda to help
Diabetes Blogs
Blogs on the EdHealth Australia website are written by Jayne Lehmann, Registered Nurse Credentialled Diabetes Educator. They offer a relaxed way of exploring a topic or issue and frequently include the thoughts and opinions of the author.
People with diabetes are encouraged to check with their doctor or Credentialled Diabetes Educator before applying the information in Jayne’s blogs to address their own health issues. Health professionals are encouraged to check the latest evidence based guidelines prior to applying the information and ideas explored in these blogs to an individual with diabetes.
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Insulin pens … A matter of environment impact
In Australia, the majority of people give their insulin using disposable pens, which, once empty, contributes a significant amount of rubbish to landfill. Is it time the diabetes community improves its environmental report card by getting more people with diabetes to switch to a more environmentally friendly insulin delivery device? The three insulin companies, Lily,
Let’s talk about the word … ‘patient’
The #languagematters movement continues to gather momentum as we challenge the status quo of continuing to use language that disempowers and makes many people with diabetes downright angry. Social media, diabetes related publications and conference/seminar organisers are highlighting the negative impact of the words many health professionals, journalists and the community generally use. They want us to not use negative language but instead
#DAW18 It’s About Time … No-one dies because of a T1 diabetes diagnosis miss
According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australia spent 10.3% of its Gross Domestic Product on healthcare in 2015-16. That pays for an impressive bit of infrastructure geared to identify, diagnose and treat acute and chronic health conditions like those associated with diabetes. At the same time, there were 307,000 nurses and
DA Week Top #5 Hacks … Hitting glucose targets!
This Diabetes Awareness Week,”It’s about time … more people with diabetes were assisted to reach their glucose targets.” With over 50% of people with diabetes not reaching their glycaemic target, it’s time for health professionals to act! 1 Stop the blame game of saying people are ‘non-compliant’ with their diabetes care. Ask yourself, ‘Am I giving
It’s About Time … We got more people with diabetes to target!
Diabetes Awareness Week 2018 has kicked off with the theme ‘It’s About Time’. It got me thinking … what do I think It’s About Time to improve in the lives of people with diabetes? There’s going to be a lot said this week about it being time to diagnose people with type 1 diabetes early … no
Lumps and Bumps of Insulin Delivery – Did we take our eye off the ball?
Jayne Lehmann RN CDE The Forum for Injection Technique UK (FIT) published the 3rd edition of its Injection Technique Recommendations in 2015. Since then, the guidelines have underpinned clinical and education practice in this area of diabetes care and education. The assessment of the abdomen or other injection site/s helps to pick-up any lumps and
Pumping: The Ypsomed Option
Diabetes educator’s love nothing more than an opportunity to get their hands on the latest diabetes technology… so it was off to Sydney last Thursday to play with the new YpsoPump that Ypsomed were launching in Australia. Ypsomed is a Swiss Company, best known in Australia for their My Life Click Fine needles and needle
Lipohypertrophy – Top 5 tips to decrease diabetes distress
Jayne Lehmann RN CDE I popped along to a breakfast session this morning on the identification, management and prevention of lipohypertrophy (lipos) at this year’s Australasian Diabetes Congress (previously ADS/ADEA Annual Scientific Meeting). Over the last few years we diabetes educators have been learning more about the role lipos play in destabilising blood glucose levels
Diabetes and the Year of the Dog – Woof!
In this Year of the Dog, it’s time to have a look at the role of dogs in diabetes research and care. Have you ever heard the story of Marjorie, also known as “dog #33”? Well, she played a big role in the discovery of insulin. Read on for a woofingly good yarn! In 1921,