Care home diabetes: an important part of community diabetology where high standards of diabetes care are essential

Role of the National Advisory Panel on Care Home Diabetes (NAPCHD)

Authors

  • Professor Alan Sinclair fDROP and King's College, London
  • Dr Ahmed H. Abdelhafiz Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust
  • Dr Sri Bellary University of Aston

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15277/bjd.2021.318

Keywords:

care home, diabetes, quality

Author Biographies

Professor Alan Sinclair, fDROP and King's College, London

Director of fDROP and Visiting Professor in Diabetes Care, King's College, London

Dr Ahmed H. Abdelhafiz, Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust

Consulatnt Physician, Department of Geriatric Medicine

Dr Sri Bellary, University of Aston

Reader in Medicine

References

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Sinclair AJ, Gadsby R, Abdelhafiz AH, Kennedy M. Failing to meet the needs of generations of care home residents with diabetes: a review of the literature and a call for action. Diabet Med 2018;35(9):1144-56. https://doi.org/10.1111/dme.13702

Office for National Statistics. Deaths involving COVID-19 in the care sector, England and Wales: deaths registered between week ending 20 March 2020 and week ending 2 April 2021. Available at: https://www.ons.gov.uk

Sinclair AJ, Abdelhafiz AH. Age, frailty and diabetes - triple jeopardy for vulnerability to COVID-19 infection. EClinicalMedicine 2020;22:100343. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2020.100343

Diabetes UK. Good clinical practice guidelines for care home residents with diabetes. 2010. http://www.diabetes.org.uk/Documents/About%20Us/Our%20views/Care%20recs/Care-homes-0110.pdf

Sinclair AJ, Allard I, Bayer A. Observations of diabetes care in long-term institutional settings with measures of cognitive function and dependency. Diabetes Care 1997;20(5):778–84. https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.20.5.778

Munshi MN, Meneilly GS, Rodríguez-Mañas L, et al. Diabetes in ageing: pathways for developing the evidence base for clinical guidance. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol 2020;8(10):855–67. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-8587(20)30230-8

Sinclair AJ, Paolisso G, Castro M, Bourdel-Marchasson I, Gadsby R, Rodriguez Mañas L, European Diabetes Working Party for Older People. European Diabetes Working Party for Older People 2011 clinical guidelines and references for type 2 diabetes mellitus. Executive summary. Diabetes Metab 2011;37(Suppl 3):S27–38. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1262-3636(11)70962-4

Dunning T, Sinclair A, Colagiuri S. New IDF Guideline for managing type 2 diabetes in older people. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2014;103(3):538–40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diabres.2014.03.005

Dunning T, Duggan N, Savage S. The McKellar Guidelines for managing older people with diabetes in residential and other care settings. 2014. Centre for Nursing and Allied Health, Deakin University and Barwon Health, Geelong, Australia. ISBN 978-0-9923333-0-0

Sinclair A, Dhatariya K, Burr O, et al. Guidelines for the management of diabetes in care homes during the Covid-19 pandemic. Diabet Med 2020;37(7):1090–3. https://doi.org/10.1111/dme.14317

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Published

2021-12-17

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