• Different types of diabetes
• Alcohol and diabetes
• How is a diagnosis of diabetes made
• What is the cause of diabetes
• Who is at high risk of developing diabetes
• Complications of diabetes:
• Vascular problems
• Heart disease
• Peripheral vascular disease
• Gangrene
• Poor wound healing
• Limb amputation
• Renal disease
• Neuropathy
• Pressure sores
• Carcinoma of bladder
• Dementia
• Infection
• Treatment of diabetes
• Diet
• Simple VS Complex Carbohydrates
• Artificial Sweeteners
• Changing to insulin therapy
• Exercise
• Chiropody

• Smoking

Average time: 12 hours learning time to complete, spread over a period of 1 month.

Fee: £50 PER PERSON

Diabetes is a group of conditions, not a single disease, which is characterised by chronically elevated blood/plasma glucose concentrations. It is due to an absolute or relative lack of insulin and has many causes. This course is designed to familiarise carers  with diabetes, giving an insight into whom it can affect, as well as what treatments are available and give an indication of how diabetes can be managed.