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Topic library · Spinal Cord Injury Guides Spinal cord injury is not an expensive medical problem. It is an expensive... Read More about Spine Injury Care guides

Doing it yourself: adapting diabetes self-management for vision, dexterity and memory Diabetes self-management asks a person to read small numbers... Read More about Self-Management Aids for Vision, Dexterity and Memory

Antipsychotics, diabetes and the monitoring nobody does: glucose was checked in 12.9 per cent An Australian study used the MedicineInsight... Read More about Antipsychotics, Diabetes and the Monitoring Nobody Does

Sick days and emergencies: the instinct to stop the insulin is the one that kills people A person with type... Read More about Sick Days, Ketoacidosis and Emergencies

Continuous glucose monitoring as a safeguard: the alarm does the job the person cannot Hypoglycaemia has one early warning system... Read More about Continuous Glucose Monitoring as a Safeguard

Permanent impairment from diabetes: the NDIS pathway nobody mentions in a diabetes clinic A man in his late fifties has... Read More about Permanent Impairment From Diabetes: The NDIS Pathway

Insulin and support workers: what is allowed, what goes wrong, and how to check a provider Insulin is one of... Read More about Insulin and Support Workers: What Is Allowed and What Goes Wrong

Diabetes and intellectual disability: consent, four finger pricks a day, and who comes to the appointment Diabetes is the most... Read More about Diabetes and Intellectual Disability: Consent and Education

Diabetes alongside specific disabilities: where the two conditions interfere with each other Generic diabetes advice assumes a generic body. Put... Read More about Diabetes Alongside Specific Disabilities

Diabetes and the NDIS: the boundary, the three scenarios, and the timetable problem The short version: the NDIS does not... Read More about Diabetes and the NDIS: The Boundary and the Timetable Problem

Diabetes and disability in Australia: two and a half times the risk, a fraction of the monitoring Two findings, side... Read More about Diabetes and Disability in Australia: The Risk and the Monitoring Gap

Hypoglycaemia when the person cannot tell you: test first, then think Hypoglycaemia has a warning system, and the warning system... Read More about Hypoglycaemia When the Person Cannot Tell You

Feet, ulcers and amputation: Australia has the second-highest rate in the OECD Diabetes Feet Australia states two things about this... Read More about Feet, Ulcers and Amputation: Second-Highest in the OECD

Locking the fridge: diabetes, food and the restrictive practice nobody authorises The NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission's Regulated Restrictive Practices... Read More about Locking the Fridge: Food, Choice and Restrictive Practice

Topic library · Diabetes and Disability Guides The population at highest risk of diabetes is the one least likely to... Read More about Diabetes Care guides

Pain in somebody who cannot tell you: the myth, the tools, and the baseline nobody writes down Let us start... Read More about Pain in Somebody Who Cannot Tell You

Voluntary assisted dying in NSW: the law, the numbers, and who it categorically excludes Voluntary assisted dying became available in... Read More about Voluntary Assisted Dying in NSW: The Law and Who It Excludes

Advance care planning in NSW: the directive most people cannot make, and the plan they can NSW Health's own guidance... Read More about Advance Care Planning in NSW: Directives, Guardians and Plans

Getting palliative care: who refers, what the service actually does, and the one question that matters most Ask a family... Read More about Getting a Referral: Who Refers and What the Service Does

Recognising that somebody is dying: the question that changes everything The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare examined where people... Read More about Recognising That Somebody Is Dying

"I don't think she'll understand": grief, intellectual disability, and the exclusion that makes it worse There is a contradiction at... Read More about Grief and Intellectual Disability: Telling, Funerals, Support