Navigating Your Role as a Caregiver

With a chronic condition like diabetes, caregiving can be a long-term and often challenging commitment.1 This page serves as a quick reference guide to help support you in your role as a caregiver.

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How to Support Someone with Diabetes?

Managing diabetes can be expensive. On average, people with diabetes incur annual medical expenditures of about $19,736, with roughly $12,022 directly attributable to diabetes. In fact, individuals with diabetes have medical costs that are 2.6x higher than what would be expected without the condition. Because of this financial burden, many people with diabetes need help covering their care costs.6

Assistance can come from private or government health insurance, local programs, patient support groups, and medical-assistance programs.

  • Being informed about financial assistance for people with diabetes and potential disability benefits. You can find a list of government and privately funded organizations that commit to supporting persons living with diabetes using comprehensive resources.
  • If your loved one is unable to work, you may want to explore options such as the SSDI (Social Security Disability Insurance).
  • State financial assistance programs are also available.
  • Additional list of resources available with tools to support diabetes assistance.

Remote Patient Monitoring Diabetes

You and your loved ones' healthcare provider can access and monitor patient blood glucose readings remotely via Glucocontro.online. This hub works seamlessly with the CONTOUR®DIABETES app, which is free to download from the Apple App and Google Play Stores so that blood glucose readings can be more easily shared with healthcare teams and caregivers.

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References:

  1. Sinclair AJ, Armes DG, Randhawa G, Bayer AJ. Caring for older adults with diabetes mellitus: characteristics of carers and their prime roles and responsibilities. Diabet Med. 2010;27(9):1055-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2010.03066.x.
  2. Meneilly GS, Kimp A, Miller DB, et al. Diabetes Canada Clinical Practice Guidelines Expert Committee. 2018 Clinical Practice Guidelines: diabetes in older people. Can J Diabetes. 2018;42:S283- S295.
  3. Diabetes Canada. 10 ways to support your loved one with diabetes. Diabetes Canada. Published February 11, 2021. Accessed December 5, 2024. Available from https://www.diabetes.ca/about-diabetes/stories/10-ways-to-support-your-loved-one-with-diabetes.
  4. Living with diabetes. Government of Canada. Public Health Agency of Canada. Published December 28, 2023. Accessed December 5, 2024. Available from https://www.canada.ca/en/public- health/services/chronic-diseases/diabetes/living-with-diabetes.html.
  5. Canada Pension Plan disability benefits. Government of Canada. Modified September 20, 2024. Accessed December 5, 2024. Available from https://www.canada.ca/en/services/benefits/publicpensions/cpp/cpp-disability-benefit.html
  6. Parker ED, Lin J, Mahoney T, Ume N, Yang G, Gabbay RA, EISayed NA, Bannuru RR. Economic Costs of Diabetes in the U.S. in 2022. Diabetes Care. 2024 Jan 1;47(1):26-43. doi: 10.2337/dci23- 0085. PMID: 37909353.