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Improving the quality of diabetes care in residential and nursing homes
— the importance of education | | Author(s) | Julia Styles |
| Journal title | Quality in Ageing, vol 4, no 1, April 2003 |
| Pages | pp 4-11 |
| Keywords | Diabetes ; Care homes ; Nursing homes ; Informal care ; Management [care] ; Quality ; Training [welfare work]. |
| Annotation | Wherever older people with diabetes live - whether at home, in a residential home, or in a nursing home - they deserve to have good quality, structured care provided by carers who have the relevant knowledge and skills. In order to achieve this, carers need ongoing education and training. The evidence suggests that diabetes care in residential and nursing homes is varied, and standards need to be improved. The literature points to education and training for care home staff as a central tenet to increasing the quality of diabetes care. This article reports the outcome of a collaborative approach to diabetes education, and demonstrates that increased awareness in diabetes care is actively sought by staff working in residential and nursing homes. The teaching sessions reported were positively evaluated, and demonstrated an increase in the participants' knowledge. It is envisaged that this will be reflected in improved quality of diabetes care for older people. The author discusses the need to ensure that education and training is ongoing. She recommends that policy makers, both at national and local level, embrace the evidence and facilitate this process. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030516233 A |
| Classmark | CPD: KW: LHB: P6: QA: 59: QW |
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