Diabetes technology is changing

Diabetes technology is changing

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Our health care needs often change as we age, but our right to exceptional health care does not.  Unfortunately, inequalities exist for seniors, the disabled, and for people receiving social assistance who rely completely on provincial healthcare plans.

It is estimated that 3 million Canadians are living with diabetes.*  CARP shares the vision of Diabetes Canada, that Canada should be a place where people with diabetes live to their full potential.  This includes equal access to high-quality diabetes care and supports – including at-home technologies that help people to better understand their glucose levels, facilitate simple and effective diabetes care management ...

Our health care needs often change as we age, but our right to exceptional health care does not.  Unfortunately, inequalities exist for seniors, the disabled, and for people receiving social assistance who rely completely on provincial healthcare plans.

It is estimated that 3 million Canadians are living with diabetes.*  CARP shares the vision of Diabetes Canada, that Canada should be a place where people with diabetes live to their full potential.  This includes equal access to high-quality diabetes care and supports – including at-home technologies that help people to better understand their glucose levels, facilitate simple and effective diabetes care management. 

In 2018, Diabetes Canada added a new category of glucose monitors to their guidelines called “flash glucose monitoring”. This innovative technology measures, captures and stores glucose-level data in real-time with a toonie-sized sensor worn on the upper arm.  The device can also reduce the frequency of finger-prick testing,

Diabetes is predominately a self-managed disease, with more than 95 percent of care done by the patient.  The ability to self-manage your own care is one of the most important factors to not only prevent long-term complications but to also reduce Canada's healthcare costs. 

Tell your locally-elected Provincial Representative, your Health Minister, and your Premier, that older Canadians deserve modern advances in diabetes glucose monitoring technology -- including flash glucose monitoring systems -- to be included in provincial formularies.

*Source:  Diabetes Canada

 

 

 

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Quebec, tell decision makers that Canadians deserve access to modern diabetes technology

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