How Great Home Care Can Help You Cope With Diabetes

There are many medical conditions that could easily leave some people being forced to take up residential care, leaving behind their much-loved homes in order to receive the level of support they need. But it need not always be this way.

With the right homecare support in Watford you can stay in your home even with a serious condition like Type 1 diabetes.

For many people with this condition, it can be hard keeping up with the requirements to monitor and self-treat the symptoms, with the danger that failure to do so could lead to more severe illness or even be fatal.

Whether it is managing your blood glucose levels, understanding and managing your insulin use, or managing your diet effectively, expert home care can ensure you are able to cope.

While Type 1 Diabetes is a serious thing to have, it can be managed and many famous people have had successful lives and careers despite suffering from the condition.

Examples of this include the former prime minister Theresa May, who has to inject herself with insulin multiple times a day, none of which prevented her maintaining a cabinet role but rising to the very top of the ladder.

Speaking to Diabetes UK while she was home secretary, Mrs May revealed she had taken inspiration from rower Sir Steve Redgrave, who won his fifth Olympic gold at Sydney in 2000 after his diagnosis.

Other insulin-dependent diabetes sufferers include actor James Norton, who has starred in TV shows like Grantchester and Happy Valley.

It may be that these are all people who have been coping with diabetes in the prime of life and it is undoubtedly true that the situation can get harder as you get older, less mobile and may suffer other medical issues.  But with the right care, you can still live in your own home with a lot of independence.