Building Competency in Diabetes Education THE ESSENTIALS

INTRODUCTION| 1-7

• Diagnosis and assessment • Organization of care • Healthy lifestyle management • Complications • Special issues in the treatment of: o Children: type 1 and type 2 o Adolescents: type 1 and type 2 o Indigenous peoples o The elderly

o Diabetes in pregnancy o Driving and diabetes

These guidelines reflect the ethnocultural diversity in Canada and demonstrate the concern for the rights and responsibilities of all persons living with diabetes. They emphasize the need for an effective working relationship between the diabetes health-care (DHC) team and the person with diabetes and stress that patients should be fully informed about their condition and its potential complications. Diabetes SME and SMS are accepted as the primary means for achieving these goals (9-11,16). It is recognized that the care and support for people living with diabetes also requires an entire organized system that incorporates the person, the health-care professionals, the community and the government. The Chronic Care Model is endorsed in the 2018 Guidelines and in this manual as a systematic organization of care which reflects and articulates the many facets involved in the management of chronic disease (17,18).