Diabetes Awareness

Course Duration: 

9.30am - 12.30pm

Target Audience:

All staff, volunteers, family carers, direct employers and their PA’s who work with people with Diabetes

Aim:

To provide staff with an understanding of Diabetes as a condition and how to support an individual with Diabetes

Course Content:

• What is Diabetes?
• To understand the different types of Diabetes
• To understand differences between hypo and hyperglycemia
• To understand risks associated with hypoglycemia
• Increase awareness of correlations between dietary recommendations, exercises and weight management for people with diabetes
• To understand blood glucose monitoring
• To understand management of Diabetes
• Health statistics