The Art and Science of Personalising Care with Older People with Diabetes
This unique book is intended for all health professionals caring for older people with diabetes such as specialist and general nurses, doctors, primary care practioners and dieteticians. Although there is an increasing body of work about pe
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The Art and Science of Personalising Care with Older People with Diabetes
Trisha Dunning Editor
The Art and Science of Personalising Care with Older People with Diabetes
Editor Trisha Dunning Barwon Health Deakin University Barwon Health Geelong Victoria Australia
ISBN 978-3-319-74359-2 ISBN 978-3-319-74360-8 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74360-8 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018948819 © Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer International Publishing AG part of Springer Nature The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Foreword
I have known Professor Trisha Dunning for more than 20 years but met face to face with her for the first time in Vancouver at an International Diabetes Federation (IDF) meeting. We were sharing the platform for a symposium on the very substance of this book, diabetes in older people! It was then that I appreciated how compassionate an individual she is about wishing to improve the lot of this often vulnerable and neglected population of people with diabetes. She introduced the idea that we, as a caring group of professionals, must listen more to what our patients are saying, take a greater interest in each of their life histories, and try to ‘personalise’ care at every opportunity. Her use of case histories was memorable. Her talk not surprisingly was received best out of all three speakers! I realised we shared similar concerns about the inadequacies and inequity of diabetes care of older people and since then we have been actively collaborating—which has been a privilege and honour for me! There are few people in the world of diabetes care who have won the admiration and respect afforded to
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