{"id":3921,"date":"2012-09-06T13:51:38","date_gmt":"2012-09-06T19:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/summit-education.com\/?p=3921"},"modified":"2012-09-06T13:51:38","modified_gmt":"2012-09-06T19:51:38","slug":"defining-diabetes-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/summit-education.com\/blog\/general\/defining-diabetes-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Defining Diabetes Care"},"content":{"rendered":"

Originally posted by\u00a0Sandy Keefe, MSN, RN, for Advance for Physical Therapy & Rehab Medicine on August 27, 2012
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Diabetes management is a complex process, requiring collaboration between clients and healthcare professionals. When those clients face significant obstacles in their lives, disease management becomes even more challenging.<\/p>\n

A recently Adult Day Health Council (ADHC) Research Collaborative Diabetes Management Study, for example, focused on intensive interdisciplinary care led by nurse case managers made a difference in the lives of clients from 10 Adult Day Health Care Centers in New York City, upstate New York and Buffalo.<\/p>\n

The centers serve primarily low income individuals with low health literacy and significantly restricted access to healthcare. The year-long study of 104 clients focused on the ABCs of diabetes management: A1C blood tests that identified blood glucose control, blood pressure control and cholesterol management.<\/p>\n

“These are complex clients with multiple comorbidities. Similar cohorts of Medicare recipients who have five or more chronic illnesses experience as many 10 hospitalizations per year. [But] clients who attend the ADHC medical model have a much lower rate of hospitalization, despite a large percent also being afflicted with cognitive impairment or depression,” explained Kathleen Falk, MSC, FNP, assistant professor at New York City College of Technology and chairperson of the ADHC study.<\/p>\n

“It’s important to identify how we can best use our nursing resources to help them stay in the community with support,” Falk emphasized. “To control their A1C levels is a very significant accomplishment.”<\/p>\n

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Originally posted by\u00a0Sandy Keefe, MSN, RN, for Advance for Physical Therapy & Rehab Medicine on August 27, 2012 Diabetes management is a complex process, requiring collaboration between clients and healthcare professionals. When those clients face significant obstacles in their lives, disease management becomes even more challenging. A recently Adult Day Health Council (ADHC) Research Collaborative […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t