- We recommend that you refer your clients to the Department of Health websitetoo. Your clients can also contact the Coronavirus Health Information Line (1800 020 080). The line operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
- The Department of Health has developed two new COVID-19 resources to remind people to prioritise mental wellbeing, and also for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and remote communities.
- The Diabetes Australia website has important information for people with diabetes.
- The NDSS website has important information, resources and online programs for people with diabetes including Type 2 Diabetes and Me, GDM resources, specific resources for older people with diabetes, and managing intercurrent illnesses. The NDSS information sheets on sick day management are:
- A new NDSS fact sheet, ‘Managing worry about COVID-19 and diabetes’, has been developed, led by the Australian Centre for Behavioural Research in Diabetes. This fact sheet has been developed to support people during this uncertain time, it recognises that things might be a little scary and uncertain at the moment.
- The NDSS fact sheet Living with type 2 diabetes and what to do when you are sick has been updated.
- The NDSS Helpline (1800 637 700) operating hours have been extended to: Monday to Friday – 8:30am to 8:00pm, and Saturday – 9:00am to 2:00pm.
- Diabetes Australia is working with the RACGP to encourage all GPs and practices to proactively contact people with diabetes and discuss sick day management planning.
- The Department of Health has developed various resources for health professionals and consumers regarding COVID-19, including some translated resources for people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
- JDRF Australia has useful information on COVID-19 for people with type 1 diabetes, and JDRF USA has also published useful advice. Please however also refer your clients to the Department of Health’s website, provided above.
- The Consumers Health Forum has issued a Special Bulletin with advice for consumers, that may be useful for your clients.
- Curtin University has developed an online diabetes course to which you may wish to refer your clients with diabetes.
The National Association of Diabetes Centres (NADC) is a national collective of organisations that are involved either directly or indirectly in diabetes services and care.
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