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The Learning Diabetes programme contains
information for newly diagnosed diabetes patients, presented
in a variety of ways to make learning fun and more effective.
Each section contains video clips of real
people talking about how they cope, bite size chunks
of information and fun interactive activities.
Programme Contents
- Newly Diagnosed
- Controlling Diabetes
- Testing
- Blood Sugar Levels
- Food and Drink
- Weight and Drink
- Living with Diabetes
- Will I Need Tablets or Insulin?
- Complications
Section 1: Newly Diagnosed
- 1st Questions
- Why me?
- Am I going to die?
- Will diabetes go away?
- Can I work?
- Will my children get it?
- What does diabetes mean?
How did you feel when you
first found out that you had diabetes? - Video Clips
of other's experience
- First Steps
- Food
- Testing
- Effects on daily life
- Telling others
- Worries about the future
How did you cope during the
first few months after diagnosis? - Video Clips of other's
experience
- Caring for someone
- Relationships
- Must I be there all the time?
- Coping with conflict
Does your partner's diabetes
affect your relationship? - Video Clips of other's experience
- Seeking Advice
- Which advice?
Is there anywhere you can
go to get advice or support? - Video Clips of other's
experience
Section 2: Controlling Diabetes
- Why is food important
- Should I lose weight?
- Exercise
How have you controlled your
diabetes? - Video Clips of other's experience
- Coping with illness
- Maintaining the balance
- Everyday decisions
- What is your aim for controlling your diabetes?
- How often do you do a blood test?
- How do you tell when your blood sugar levels are
high?
- What happens if your blood sugar levels stay high?
- Are you worried about taking insulin?
- Are you happy to manage your diabetes with a diet
alone?
- Have you cut out sugar completely?
- What do you eat instead of cakes?
- Could you be more stringent with your diet?
- Do you have to keep a balance between managing your
diabetes and all the things you want to eat?
- Do you manage to eat out?
- Are you more in control of you health since you've
had diabetes?
- Did you lose weight when you were first told you
had diabetes?
- Are you trying to lose more weight?
- Do you find it useful to tell others you have diabetes?
- How do you cope with working shifts?
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Cost of each programme: £19
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