Huron Expositor, 2007-06-06, Page 10Page 10 June 6, 2007 • The Huron Expositor
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Not encugh people getting diabetes educators
Susan Huudertnsari.
Difficulties screening patients
at risk of developing diabetes
and a lack of access to tiinely
lab tests are just two of the
challenges faced by diabetes
educators in Huron 4nd Perth
Counties, say Seaforth diabetes
educators.
Dietician Lorraine Devereaux
and
nurse educator Dianne
Wood told 1 h Local Advisory offered at hospitals throughout implement the necesary lifestyle
Committee of the Seaforth Huron and Perth and funded by changes.
Community Hospital thatlocal the Health Ministry. But, while there are 6,120
diabetes educators are facing "We're a very small people with diabetes
the same challenges as those site set up for a=MD in Huron and
throughout Canada• clinic one day a Perth, only 4,662
Holding a newspaper article week and we're see- are receiving ser -
that outlines a study by the ing clients monthly 'There's a vices.
Health Council of Canada stat- for education," she "There's a huge
ing that Canada can do much said. huge gap gap between the
better with its treatment of dia- "Our goal is to see between the people we estimate
betes, Devereaux said Canada is patients, catch them have diabetes and
behind other early and give them people we the people we're see -
developed coun- the skills they need ing. People are not
tries in the to cope. Diabetes is a estimate have being diagnosed in a
treatment of a self-care disease and diabetes and timely, manner - it's
very complex the patients have to a problem all over,"
disease. manage it day to the people she said.
"These are day," she said. With a larger than
the concerns While over we're seeing,'
peopleaverage seniors'
Dianne and I 40 with a family his- -- Lorraine population, Huron
face on a daily tory of diabetes are County has higher
basis when most at risk, Devereaux, dietician numbers of diabetes
trying to deliv- Devereaux said it's patients since
er diabetes not economically fea- seniors are "hugely
education," she sible to screen every- affected" by type 2
said. one. diabetes, said Devereaux.
Seaforth's She said 58 per cent of Having doctors as the "gate -
diabetes educa- patients will not develop full- keepers" to diabetes diagnoses
tion is one of blown diabetes if they're caught sometimes causes problems, she
eight programs in the pre -diabetes stage and said.
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She said
sometimes doc-
tors won't give
a patient the
final diagnosis
and because
the average
doctor visit is
six minutes,
sometimes the
complexity of
•the disease pre-
vents a diagno-
sis of diabetes.
"Doctors are
so overwhelmed
today but it's
important they
open the gates
and let us do
our jobs," she
said, adding
that they can't
help anyone
with a diagno-
sis.
As well, the
diabetes educa-
tors are frus-
trated by pre-
scriptions not
being given or
lab test results
-not being
returned on
time.
"Sometimes
we feel we're
working in the
dark," said
Devereaux.