Transitional Care Facility | Community Presentation

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Learn what diabetes is
Learning about the epidemiology of the
diabetes
Learn about the pathophysiology of diabetes
Understanding the complication, diagnosis
and prevention of diabetes
Understanding about the treatment and the
treatment plans
Criteria for teaching plan
BENCHMARK -
COMMUNITY
TEACHING PLAN:
COMMUNITY
PRESENTATION
WHAT IS DIABETES?
PURPOSE OF THE LEARNING
PLAN
It enables the community members to become
more knowledgeable about the disease and
self-management within a multidisciplinary and
collaborative setting.
Diabetes occurs when the blood sugar level in the
body becomes too high. Insulin, a hormone made
by pancreas help the glucose from the food one
eats, get into his or her body cells for being used
for energy.
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF DIABETES
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF DIABETES
Risk Elements
It depends on what type of diabetes one is
diagnosed with.
Pre-diabetes and Type 2
Cells become impervious to insulin's activity
Role of Glucose
Importance for body tissues and muscles
Symptoms
Rise in glucose levels
Causes
Poor balance of glucose in the body
COMPLICATIONS OF DIABETES
Growing long term difficulties of diabetes
Self-management complications
poor control of glucose in the body
(Complication of Type 2 Diabetes, 2016)
Some potential entanglements of diabetes are:
retinopathy
cardiovascular disease
Hearing impairment
Foot Damage
Skin Conditions
Neuropathy
DIAGNOSIS OF DIABETES
Anyone with a body mass index higher than 25,
regardless of age, who has additional risk
factors, abnormal cholesterol levels, sedentary
lifestyle, and having a close relative with
diabetes.
Anyone older than age 45 is advised to receive
an initial blood sugar screening
Any woman who has had gestational diabetes,
is advised to be screened for diabetes every
three years.
Anyone who has been diagnosed with
prediabetes is advised to be tested every year.
Following are the screening guidelines by ADA
(American Diabetes Association (2015):
TRANSITIONAL CARE
FACILITY