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Quality care is needed for older people with diabetes in care homes—now and for the future
The BMJ ( IF 93.6 ) Pub Date : 2024-11-11 , DOI: 10.1136/bmj.q2471
Martin Scivier

We need to improve carers’ skills in diabetes management and technology, writes Martin Scivier As an older person living with diabetes, I am apprehensive about the current and future care of older people with diabetes in UK nursing and residential care homes. This is an area that has been neglected over the years.1 It worries me that I may have to rely on untrained carers who may not fully understand my personal diabetes management, especially use of diabetes technology. I fear my diabetes could be poorly managed and controlled because of staff members’ lack of knowledge. There is an urgent need to ensure safe, quality care for older people with diabetes in care homes and to improve carers’ skills in daily diabetes management and the use of diabetes technology. Over a third of the 5.6 million people with diabetes in the UK are over the age of 65.23It is likely that because of the complications of aging they may need to be cared …

中文翻译:


现在和未来都需要在护理院为患有糖尿病的老年人提供优质护理



我们需要提高护理人员在糖尿病管理和技术方面的技能,Martin Scivier 写道。作为一名患有糖尿病的老年人,我对英国疗养院和养老院当前和未来对糖尿病老年人的护理感到担忧。这是一个多年来一直被忽视的领域。1 令我担忧的是,我可能不得不依赖未经培训的护理人员,他们可能不完全了解我的个人糖尿病管理,尤其是糖尿病技术的使用。我担心我的糖尿病可能会因为工作人员缺乏知识而得到很好的管理和控制。迫切需要确保在护理院为患有糖尿病的老年人提供安全、优质的护理,并提高护理人员在日常糖尿病管理和糖尿病技术使用方面的技能。在英国 560 万糖尿病患者中,超过三分之一的年龄在 65.23 岁以上,由于衰老的并发症,他们可能需要照顾......
更新日期:2024-11-12
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