DIABETES MANAGEMENT IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES: A PRACTICAL GUIDE
Table of Contents
Purpose
How to use this guide
About Diabetes
1. What is diabetes?
2. What is pre-diabetes?
3. Symptoms of diabetes and pre-diabetes
4. How diabetes is diagnosed
5. How pre-diabetes is diagnosed
Admitting the Resident with Diabetes
1. What to look for at admission
2. Transferring care from the hospital
Managing Diabetes for the Resident
1. When to monitor blood sugars
2. High blood sugar (hyperglycemia)
3. Low blood sugar (hypoglycemia)
4. Medications for diabetes
5. Eye care
6. Foot care
7. Nutrition
8. Sick days
9. Trends and emerging topics
Care under Special Conditions
1. Tube feedings
2. Feeding nothing by mouth (NPO)
3. Managing diabetes when the resident is dying
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A. Training materials for staff
B. Educational handouts for residents
C. Medications and insulins
D. Glossary of terms
E. References and resources
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©2008 Minneapolis/St. Paul Diabetes Educators
All rights reserved. The authors give readers permission to download, photocopy and/or transmit any part of the document for educational purposes only.
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