CONCLUSION
The numbers of children and youth with diabetes are increasing. Providing care to young patients with diabetes can be a unique and challenging experience in all settings. Clinicians must take into consideration the child’s developmental stage in order to create a holistic approach to diabetes care. In many instances, a clinician will work with pediatric patients with diabetes over the course of several years and build up a close, therapeutic relationship with these children and their families. In this way, the clinician advocates for the patient’s needs and offers support and encouragement to them and their caregivers from childhood through adolescence and as they transition to independent self-management.
RESOURCES
Access and affordability resources (Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists)
Diabetes and youth videos (CDC)
Financial help (Diabetes Foundation)
Financial help for diabetes care (NIDDK)
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