Health professionals
Dance. The new black in exercise!
I love to dance. I did a lot of dancing in my youth: modern, classical and pointe. Then there was a brief foray at the dance school my daughters went to, in the adult tap/jazz class some years ago; even appeared in the end of year concert for a couple of years! My promising tap…
Read MoreTurning back the clock on me getting diabetes: Gym success = 1+1+1 and turning on a TV!
Gym membership’s in place … now for the hard part … how to fit three gym sessions into my usual busy week. Things started well with the introductory session with personal trainer Christine (refer previous blog). My membership at Goodlife Mitcham has a fantastic feature that enables me to take a friend Friday, Saturday…
Read MoreJayne’s ‘turn back the clock’ journey begins!
Apprehensive, my youngest daughter Charlotte and I made our way up the steps to Goodlife gym in Mitcham, South Australia … and what do I do? Trip up said steps in full view of reception! There’s nothing like making an entrance as my diabetes colleagues can attest I have been known to do with friend and…
Read MoreTime to turn back the clock on me developing diabetes!
When you’re a Credentialled Diabetes Educator, a good part of your time is spent helping people live a healthy lifestyle. It has been said a healthy lifestyle is the ‘cornerstone’ of diabetes management’. A healthy diet, being physically active and managing stress to minimise its impact on a person’s health and quality of life is the…
Read MoreWhat’s in a word?
Health professionals depend on written and spoken words to help people with diabetes to manage their diabetes; they inform, support, comfort, reassure and inspire. However, words can also have a negative impact on people and create a barrier. Are the words you using sending an unintended message to people with diabetes? A while back, I…
Read MorePrimary Diabetes Care – There’s a role for us all!
Responsibility for the management of the rising number of people with type 2 diabetes sits pretty much in the lap of primary health care. Jayne Lehmann explores the role all primary care health professionals have in increasing the number of people with type 2 diabetes achieving their glycaemic targets. The Chronic Disease Management system, put in…
Read MoreIs business planning the secret ingredient for primary health care success?
Australian primary health care is at the forefront of keeping Australians healthy, out of hospital and able to contribute to the workforce. Unlike the acute sector which is predominantly owned by state governments or large private health care providers, primary care is a network of predominantly small businesses. Together they create the engine room of…
Read MoreWorld Diabetes Day – Time to celebrate Adelaide’s link to 1922 insulin discovery
It’s World Diabetes Day and full marks to Google for acknowledging the day with the image above for all to see when using their platform today! It would have been the 125th birthday of Frederick Banting who, with colleagues J.J.R. MacLeod and Charles Best at the Canadian University of Toronto, identified a way to extract…
Read MoreTraining support workers to administer Insulin – Illegal or discrimination not to?
In 2016 I fulfilled a commitment that began three years before when a disability support organisation in Albury, NSW contacted me. They wanted to know … is it legal for support workers to be trained to give insulin to a person with intellectual disability and could I provide the training? My response was yes ……
Read MoreCredentialled Diabetes Educators – The Primary Care Elephant in the Room
CDEs receive one referral per 1000 GP consults despite GPs dedicating 4.2 appointments per 100 to diabetes care. Jayne Lehmann RN CDE explores if CDEs are the elephant in the room when it comes to achieving improved long term glycaemic targets in people with type 2 diabetes. Some 20-25 years ago responsibility for type 2…
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