Perspectives on Diabetes Care

This is the official blog of the Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists where we share recent research and professional opinions on diabetes care and education.

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If you're looking for professional opinions on diabetes care and education, you're in the right place. Perspectives on Diabetes Care is the official ADCES® diabetes care and education blog that shares helpful views on diabetes care and education. 

This is where you'll find practical tips on working with people affected by prediabetes, diabetes and related cardiometabolic conditions and the latest research and viewpoints on issues facing diabetes care and education specialists and the people they serve.

 

 

Current & Past ADCES Blog Articles

 

Lest We Forget...Our Patients Have Diabetes for a Lifetime

Aug 15, 2012, 00:00 AM

AADE blogger Carla Cox shares insight on managing diabetes for a lifetime


Heading Home: Final Thoughts about the 2012 AADE Annual Meeting

Aug 9, 2012, 00:00 AM

AADE blogger shares her final thoughts about the 2012 AADE Annual Meeting


Mindless Eating - We All Do It

Aug 3, 2012, 00:00 AM

AADE blogger Carla Cox discusses Dr. Brian Wansink's keynote address on mindless eating


It’s great to be in Indy at the AADE National Meeting!

Aug 2, 2012, 00:00 AM

AADE blogger Carla Cox discusses her thoughts about the insulin pump therapy educational session.


Opportunity to Set the Stage for Changing Diabetes Technology

May 14, 2012, 00:00 AM

AADE Blogger Carla Cox talks about a new contest seeking ideas for new diabetes technologies from patients and their caregivers.


Lay Educators: Is it a scary thought?

Apr 12, 2012, 00:00 AM

AADE Blogger Carla Cox makes a case for incorporating lay health workers into the larger diabetes care team and wonders how it's working for those who are doing this.


Continuing educaton offerings for non certified diabetes educators

Mar 8, 2012, 00:00 AM

We developed an training series to educate hospital-based nurses and others about diabetes that has been very well received and is now expanding. What educational programs have you offered at your site?


There is no template for managing type 1 diabetes

Feb 3, 2012, 00:00 AM

Working with patients with type 1 diabetes is like trying to put a puzzle together. It is true for educators as well as for our patients. Providing support every step of the way provides a place they can come to and share their frustrations and be honest, without verbal abuse or accusations.


As Diabetes Educators, What are Your New Year’s Resolutions?

Dec 30, 2011, 00:00 AM

It is an excellent time to reflect on our year as diabetes educators. To look at the quality of our programs and our relationships with our patients, to review the way we practice, and to look inward at the lifestyle decisions we make. Although 2011 may have been a wonderful year, by reflecting on the good and setting an even higher standard, perhaps 2012 can be even better!


Do we teach patients with Type 1 diabetes to eat healthy?

Nov 23, 2011, 00:00 AM

Is the effort to alter insulin dosing based on carbohydrate intake so overwhelming that we don’t consider education on healthy eating a focus of our work? How many classes in centers have structured DSME classes focused on patients with type 1 diabetes which includes a healthy eating component?


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