Diabetes Essentials
Diabetes is serious. It can be life-threatening, however, people with diabetes can live long, healthy lives if their condition is kept well-controlled.
In this course, we explain what diabetes is and what to look out for. We cover how it is diagnosed and how to provide care and support to a person living with diabetes.
There are also links to other resources and organisations providing support and further information.
Who should take this course?
This course has been designed specifically for Care and Support Workers working in a social care setting. It may also be useful to a wider audience of people who would like to know more about diabetes.
Accreditation
Course Content
- What is diabetes
- The impact of diabetes on health and social care services
- Different types of diabetes
- Hyperglycemia, hypoglycemia and symptoms
- Diagnosing diabetes
- Treating diabetes and providing services
- Managing diabetes
- Healthy eating
- More about footcare
- Complications of diabetes
- Getting help and useful resources
Aims of the course
By the end of the course, you will:
- Understand what diabetes is and who is at greater risk
- Identify the extent and impact of diabetes in the UK and wider
- Understand the difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes
- Differentiate between hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia
- Know how diabetes is diagnosed
- Understand the importance of blood sugar levels
- Identify how to provide care and support to people with diabetes
- Understand the importance of footcare and how to check for issues
- Know more about healthy eating and its impact on people with diabetes
- Identify the complications associated with diabetes
- Seek further help and guidance
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Certification
If you sign in to your account on Click before you take this course, you will be able to take the assessment and immediately access/download your certificate upon completion, which looks like this:
Pricing
Choose a plan below that best suits your needs. If you would like to purchase more than 50 licenses, contact us.
£4
Monthly Plan
- 7 days free access
- Includes ALL courses
- Full accessibility options in over 100 languages
- Training Matrix
- Licences can be recycled
- Price per learner, billed monthly by Direct Debit
- Upgrade to the 12 or 24 Month Plan, at any time
£2
24 Month Plan
- Use coupon code Learning to get 50% discount on first 3 invoices
- Includes ALL courses
- Full accessibility options in over 100 languages
- Training Matrix
- Licences can be recycled
- Price per learner, billed monthly by Direct Debit
£3
12 Month Plan
- Use coupon code Learning to get 50% discount on first 3 invoices
- Includes ALL courses
- Full accessibility options in over 100 languages
- Training Matrix
- Licences can be recycled
- Price per learner, billed monthly by Direct Debit
Accessibility
If you sign in to your account on Click before you take this course, you will be able to change the accessibility settings to suit your needs. This includes translation into 100+ languages, some of which can also be read out loud to you.
Course reviews
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Why use Grey Matter Learning?
- Our methodology values previous learning, saving time
- Clever accessibility settings including 100+ languages
- 50+ high quality courses, specially written for care
- Join thousands of services and local authorities
- Proven to reduce staff turnover and improve CQC ratings
- Established 14 years - we know what works
- Skills for Care Centre of Excellence, CPD certification
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