How to Help Diabetes Patients

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How to Help Diabetes Patients – This is a place for the community to provide tips and advice on How to Help Diabetes Patients. This topic was created by Carin Barreveld and the tips are provided by the community. The tips you add here can be your own or referred from another site. The best tips are then ranked at the top when up-voted by members of the community.

Tip 1 - Treatment & Care

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Tom Struhs | permalink

Stay one step ahead of your diabetes with these treatment strategies.

For further reading: http://www.diabetes.org/living-with-diabetes/treatment-and-care/ ^[1]

Tip 2 - When Someone You Love Has Diabetes

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Alessandro Rovetta | permalink

WebMD looks at ways caregivers can help a person with diabetes manage the illness and find emotional support.
Tags: diabetes, caregiver, caregiving, cope, medication, hypoglycemia, hyperglycemia, drug, treatment, doctor, emotion, stress, therapy, therapist, home health care, support groups, support, doctor appointments

For further reading: http://www.webmd.com/diabetes/helping-a-loved-one-cope-with-diabetes ^[2]

Tip 3 - How to Help a Loved One with Diabetes

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by ian urquhart | permalink

A guide on how to help people with diabetes who are having challenges with type 2 diabetes management or who are newly diagnosed.

For further reading: http://diabetes.about.com/od/diabetessupportresources/a/How-To-Help-People-With-Diabetes.htm ^[3]

Tip 4 - Joslin Diabetes Center | Skills for Managing Diabetes

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Robert Comeau | permalink

Learn about the essential skills necessary for managing diabetes effectively including healthy eating, being active, monitoring, taking medication & more.
Tags: managing diabetes

For further reading: http://www.joslin.org/info/essential-skills-for-managing-diabetes.html ^[4]