Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Being a child and being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes means having to make huge adjustments to everyday life, and diagnosis sends shockwaves through the entire family.
The diagnosis is the first step on a lifelong path. It is followed by many issues including coping with medication at school and managing any change to routine.
Diabetes is a serious condition that needs the very best quality of care from day one. It is vital that parents know what good-quality care is so they know what their child should receive. That?s why we?ve launched our guide, Type 1 Essentials for Children and Young People.
Good care includes having regular checks, access to the right treatments, care from a specialist team and getting appropriate, skilled care if admitted to hospital. It?s crucial that families are supported, encouraged to have a say in care received, and equipped with the knowledge and skills they need. Schools should be on board to support children with diabetes, the transition between child and adult services should be a smooth one and no child with diabetes should miss out on life?s opportunities because of this condition (see page 20 for the 10 key elements).
Although these may seem reasonable expectations, we know that no health authority is delivering what we would class as good care. In fact, the provision of care processes is significantly poorer for children with diabetes than for adults.
http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing...-diabetes-get-inadequate-care/5055899.article
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The diagnosis is the first step on a lifelong path. It is followed by many issues including coping with medication at school and managing any change to routine.
Diabetes is a serious condition that needs the very best quality of care from day one. It is vital that parents know what good-quality care is so they know what their child should receive. That?s why we?ve launched our guide, Type 1 Essentials for Children and Young People.
Good care includes having regular checks, access to the right treatments, care from a specialist team and getting appropriate, skilled care if admitted to hospital. It?s crucial that families are supported, encouraged to have a say in care received, and equipped with the knowledge and skills they need. Schools should be on board to support children with diabetes, the transition between child and adult services should be a smooth one and no child with diabetes should miss out on life?s opportunities because of this condition (see page 20 for the 10 key elements).
Although these may seem reasonable expectations, we know that no health authority is delivering what we would class as good care. In fact, the provision of care processes is significantly poorer for children with diabetes than for adults.
http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing...-diabetes-get-inadequate-care/5055899.article
(free registration required)