Full Description
This unique book is intended for all health professionals caring for older people with diabetes such as specialist and general nurses, doctors, primary care practioners and dieteticians. Although there is an increasing body of work about personalised care, no publications were identified that encompass the focus and scope of the proposed book. The global population is ageing and increasing age is a key risk factor for diabetes. Older people with diabetes are often vulnerable, have complex care needs and often have cognitive changes, which makes personalising care challenging for health professionals. Thus, this is an internationally relevant book filling a gap in the current literature.
This is a practical and updated book that will use an engaging and easy to read narrative style. It challenges readers to reflect in and on their practice. It encompasses people with diabetes' and authors' stories, which are known to have a special interest to readers, makeit easier to apply the information to practice, enhance learning, and hence the relevance and value of the book.
It is relevant to advocacy organisations as well as managers and service planners. Researchers and scientists may find relevant information on grant and ethics applications, research protocols, plain language statements for potential participants and operationalising research protocols.
Contents
Preface.- Foreward.- Chapter 1. Overview of older people, ageing and diabetes the disease.- Chapter 2. The art of shared decision-making and personalising care with older people with diabetes.- Chapter 3. Health professionals: What do they Need to Cogenerate Holistic Personalised Care?.- Chapter 4. From Research to Evidence to Context: Implementing and using Guidelines as Decision Aids to Personalise care.- Chapter 5. Nutrition and exercise: a personalised approach.- Chapter 6. Medicines and older people with diabetes: beliefs, benefits and risks.- Chapter 7. Older People with Diabetes and Life Transitions.- Chapter 8. Personalising Care with Older People who have Cognitive Changes or Dementia.- Chapter 9. The art of using technology to personalise care with older people with diabetes.- Chapter 10. Personalised care and research.
