Diabetes awareness
This video called ‘Diabetes and the body’ has been produced by Diabetes UK. It looks at some of the characteristics of diabetes and the difference between type 1 and type 2.
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- ‘Diabetes symptoms’ from Diabetes.co.uk
- ‘Hyperglycaemia (high blood sugar)’ from the NHS Choices website
- ‘Low blood sugar (hypoglycaemia)’ from the NHS Choices website
- ‘Differences between type 1 and type 2’ from Diabetes.co.uk
- ‘Diabetic risk factors’ from Diabetes.co.uk
- ‘How can I reduce my risk of type 2 diabetes?’ from Diabetes UK
- ‘Diabetic checks’ from Diabetes.co.uk
- ‘Guide to HbA1c’ from Diabetes.co.uk
- ‘Complications of diabetes’ from Diabetes.co.uk
- ‘Diabetes treatment and care programme’ on the NHS England website
- ‘Good practice guideline for residents with diabetes in care homes’ by NHS Chiltern Clinical Commissioning Group
- ‘Blood glucose testing’ on the Diabetes.co.uk website
- ‘Infection prevention during blood glucose monitoring and insulin administration’ on the Centre for Diseases Control and Prevention website
- ‘Risk at work - Personal protective equipment (PPE)’ on the Health and Safety Executive website
- Presentation
- Click to launch this lesson’s first presentation ‘Diabetes awareness’.
- Click to launch this lesson’s second presentation on ‘NHS RightCare Pathway: Diabetes’ by NHS England.
- Good Practice Example
- Good Practice Example
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- Click to read ‘Making hospitals safe for people with diabetes’ by Diabetes UK.
- Click to read ‘Diabetes in care homes: Awareness, screening, training’ by Diabetes UK.
- ‘PPE – what care workers should wear in care home & home care settings' from the Agincare website
- Click to read ‘Diabetes, Heart Disease, and Stroke’ on the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases website.
- Click to read ‘Diabetes and Depression’ by Richard I. G. Holt, Mary de Groot, and Sherita Hill Golden, Curr Diab Rep. Author manuscript, Jun 2015 .
- Click to read ‘Investigating the relationship between diabetes and dementia’ on the Alzheimer’s Society website.
- Click to read ‘Diabetes and pregnancy’ on the NHS England website.
- Think And Challenge
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