Diabetes awareness
About this course
Our diabetes awareness course is perfect for those seeking to learn more about the
condition, as well as how to identify and care for individuals with diabetes.
The diabetes awareness course covers topics such as blood sugar monitoring, medication
management, healthy eating, and lifestyle adjustments. Moreover, it enhances your
understanding of diabetes and will empower you with the tools to make persons with diabetes lead a healthier life.
Diabetes is, however, a serious condition; it can be life-threatening. Yet people with diabetes can live a long, healthy life if their condition is kept well-controlled. In this course we also cover how
is diagnosed, provide care and support a people living with diabetes.
Our diabetes training course is specifically for care and support workers working in a
social care setting as well as nurses and other health professionals supporting individuals
with diabetes. It may also be useful to a wider audience of people who would like to know
more about the condition.
Course summary
Items covered are:
- What is diabetes?
- The different types of diabetes.
- Hyperglycaemia, hypoglycaemia and symptoms.
- Diagnosing diabetes.
- Treating and managing diabetes, including checking of blood sugar levels and the administration of insulin.
- Healthy eating and lifestyle changes such as exercising and hygiene.
- Complications of diabetes.
- More about foot care.
Aims of the diabetes awareness course
By the end of the training course, you will:
- Understand what diabetes is and who is at high risk.
- Understand the difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
- Differentiate between hyperglycaemia and hypoglycaemia.
- 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 foot care and how to check for issues.
- Know more about healthy eating and its impact on people with diabetes.
- Identify the complications associated with diabetes.