Communicating with people who have an intellectual disability disorder about their diabetes: a guide for health professionals
Diabetes is a common, progressive condition with multiple long-term complications.1 The importance of a holistic, person-centred approach to...
Transitioning to Telehealth
The experience of the global pandemic has shown us that now, more than ever, telehealth (the provision of healthcare remotely by means of...
Telehealth Platform Review
Telehealth has been in use for more than 20 years in Australia, traditionally with clients at home or in a hospital to increase access to specialist...
Planning for end of life care with older people with diabetes: hiding death in metaphors
Diabetes is a leading cause of death worldwide.1 It is a chronic, progressive condition that affects quality of life, life trajectory and...
Should every diabetes service have a psychologist?
As a clinical psychologist who has worked in diabetes for many years, I have observed that there has always been a core of practitioners with strong...
Screening to prevent type 1 diabetes
By the time the physical symptoms of type 1 diabetes (T1D) appear – the classic triad of increased urination, thirst and weight loss – the...
Editor’s Column
Thank you to everyone who completed the recent ADE readership questions as part of the ADEA membership survey. We received responses from 447 members,...