What is it about?
A project to improve the standards of diabetes care in a care home settings. Includes caseload mapping, identification of need and the development of a training programme for Unregistered Practitioners
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Why is it important?
People with diabetes, who lives in care home settings, are more vulnerable and rely on community nurses to meet their diabetes care needs. In times where Community Caseloads are being bigger with more complex patients the management of diabetes, particularly insulin administration, is challenging. Training of Unregistered Practitioners is also varied both in standards, competencies and who delivers this training.
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This publication is the result of a project carried out within a CCG area, the model of which was duplicated in other CCG's. It clearly demonstrated the impact of training, and the increased knowledge and awareness of the importance of good diabetes care.
Sarah Gregory
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This page is a summary of: Diabetes care in care home and residential settings, British Journal of Community Nursing, October 2018, Mark Allen Group,
DOI: 10.12968/bjcn.2018.23.10.510.
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