#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 88,000…
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…
BLOG: Reach out to learn and be inspired!
Who doesn’t love the chance to visit another health service for a tour and bit of an explore? It’s like the old school excursion… a chance to move away from the day-to-day to add to the learnings already achieved within their usual classroom environment. I have been lucky enough to do just that as a mentor…
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,…
From here to arthroscopy!
I know … it’s been a while…. To be completely honest I’ve been putting off writing this blog. We were just getting to know each other … you were so keen for me to succeed … your emails, messages and best wishes really meant a lot to me. OK, so I’m just going to say…
Ballet, beach balls and growing up … a recipe for obesity
Dance was a delight of my childhood. I went to Theaterama ballet school, in the basement of one of our beautiful old Adelaide buildings. After school one day a week I would catch the bus to ballet, returning Saturday mornings for further classes. I studied classical ballet (Chechetti method for the ballet enthusiasts!) modern dance,…
Tales of a Libre Virgin
With a sense of anticipation I moved towards the secret room on the Abbott stand in the morning tea break at the ADS ADEA annual scientific meeting in Perth this week. The sparkling yellow box drew my eye as a nervous laugh broke the awkwardness of the situation. Before I knew it … I was…
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