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Hi all, my first post here.
TLR - if you don't administer your own insulin, who does it for you?
My elderly father has been T2ID for a good few years. He lived independently other than us driving him around after he lost his licence 3 years ago due to out of control BS. He regularly had readings which just said "high" and rarely went below 20, despite increasing insulin, guidance on diet etc. At the end of November he suddenly went totally blind in both eyes & ended up in hospital for 25 days & by the time he came out his BS were constantly 7-11 even with a lowered dose of insulin. He was hardly eating (because he couldn't feed himself) and not having his evening beer or having 'extras' etc. When he came out he needed 24 hour care to get established in his home and is back having a beer a couple of times a week, eating better and also having a few 'extras', however his BS are still well controlled and great levels. We think that with his Parkinsons (not very severe as yet) and a bit of cognitive difficulty etc, he perhaps hasn't been holding the pen in for long enough, which is PARTLY why his BS was so high for so many years. His carer isn't allowed to administer his insulin so the district nurse has been visiting twice daily. He is their only patient that has 2 doses and we are waiting (and waiting and waiting...) for the diabetic nurse to put him onto a single dose. When he came home from hospital, the nurses were very clear that they would only continue to administer the insulin until an alternative option could be found. The 24 hour care gets withdrawn next week but nobody has come up with an alternative to the nurses as yet. He definitely can't give it to himself anymore but apparently no carers are allowed to do it routinely either. I will be his main carer but I don't even know if I am allowed to do it. This can't be the first time this has come up but nobody seems to be able to give me an answer. Does anyone know - who is allowed to administer insulin on a routine basis?
TLR - if you don't administer your own insulin, who does it for you?
My elderly father has been T2ID for a good few years. He lived independently other than us driving him around after he lost his licence 3 years ago due to out of control BS. He regularly had readings which just said "high" and rarely went below 20, despite increasing insulin, guidance on diet etc. At the end of November he suddenly went totally blind in both eyes & ended up in hospital for 25 days & by the time he came out his BS were constantly 7-11 even with a lowered dose of insulin. He was hardly eating (because he couldn't feed himself) and not having his evening beer or having 'extras' etc. When he came out he needed 24 hour care to get established in his home and is back having a beer a couple of times a week, eating better and also having a few 'extras', however his BS are still well controlled and great levels. We think that with his Parkinsons (not very severe as yet) and a bit of cognitive difficulty etc, he perhaps hasn't been holding the pen in for long enough, which is PARTLY why his BS was so high for so many years. His carer isn't allowed to administer his insulin so the district nurse has been visiting twice daily. He is their only patient that has 2 doses and we are waiting (and waiting and waiting...) for the diabetic nurse to put him onto a single dose. When he came home from hospital, the nurses were very clear that they would only continue to administer the insulin until an alternative option could be found. The 24 hour care gets withdrawn next week but nobody has come up with an alternative to the nurses as yet. He definitely can't give it to himself anymore but apparently no carers are allowed to do it routinely either. I will be his main carer but I don't even know if I am allowed to do it. This can't be the first time this has come up but nobody seems to be able to give me an answer. Does anyone know - who is allowed to administer insulin on a routine basis?