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Working in residential aged care facilities

These resources have been developed for staff (clinical and non-clinical) working in a residential aged care facility (RACF) who support older people living with diabetes.

Featured videos

These videos are for registered nurses and medication-endorsed enrolled nurses.

Disclaimer: Registered nurses and medication-endorsed enrolled nurses need to consider the scope of their practice and the individual circumstances and needs of people with diabetes when they are applying the information outlined in these videos and the associated resources in the clinical setting.

Six minute intensive training (SMITs) poster resources

Designed for use in aged care settings, these A3 posters are on a range of relevant diabetes-related topics. They are designed to provide key information which can be delivered to staff in six minutes and enable key information to be reinforced in a busy environment. They can be utilised in a variety of settings including at handover, team meetings or as a quick refresher.
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Hyperglycaemia – high blood glucose
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Sick day management
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Know your insulin
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Insulin administration
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Hypoglycaemia (hypo) – low blood glucose
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Healthy eating
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Glucose-lowering medicines for type 2 diabetes
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Monitoring blood glucose

Featured resources

Diabetes management in aged care (DMAC) handbook

DMAC: fast facts

This resource extracts the fast facts sections at the start of each chapter of Diabetes management in aged care handbook.

For more information on any of the fast facts topics, see the handbook.

Quality review tool

This resource is a useful tool for managers in aged care facilities to assess the quality of the management and care of residents diagnosed with diabetes in their facility.

Resident sick day plan

Every aged care resident with diabetes should have a documented sick day management plan. This template can be adapted to need.

McKellar guidelines (external resource)

These guidelines provide detailed information regarding diabetes management in the aged care sector. The guidelines are available on the Australian Disease Management Association website.

Related resources

Resources that can be given to older people with diabetes or their families and carers. While the majority of diabetes care is relevant for all age groups, there are some specific changes that come with growing older which may affect diabetes.

You and your health care team

Managing diabetes as you age
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Healthy eating

Caring for someone with diabetes

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