Medical care and you
Focus of this section is on information about diabetes and optimal therapy according to individual medical needs. Below you will find some videos and tools for overcoming barriers to optimal therapy for your inspiration.
Tools for overcoming barriers to optimal therapy - Click here
Sometimes people delay or try to avoid taking insulin and other medicines. But these can be the most effective tools for lowering your blood sugar levels to prevent future health problems. Watch the videos of people who changed their attitudes about taking their meds.
Tools to improve the role of medical care in your life
DAWN Insulin Dialogue Toolkit
The insulin dialogue toolkit helps the patient and the care team to work together to identify, explore and address the most common psychosocial barriers preventing timely initiation of insulin therapy. Go to Insulin Dialogue Toolkit
The Insulin Interview
The insulin interview offers help to better deal with concerns or fears about starting insulin. Six short questions invites the patient to identify his level of agreement or disagreement with statements about different aspects of starting insulin. Based on the responses a personalised result will appear with a video providing facts to address and counter the patient’s concerns. These can be allayed by informed discussion with a healthcare professional. Go to The Insulin interview
