Learn How to Help Your Loved One with Diabetes

Format: Fact Sheet
Institute: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

Do you have a friend or family member with diabetes? Are you wondering how you can help?

A new tip sheet, Tips for Helping a Person with Diabetes, is available from the National Diabetes Education Program, cosponsored by NIDDK and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The new sheet was developed in partnership with the American Association of Diabetes Educators and offers friends and family members ways to help their loved ones control their diabetes for life.

Tips include learning about diabetes, finding out what your loved one may need from you, and offering practical help.

Next Steps
You can download a copy of Tips for Helping a Person with Diabetes online at www.ndep.nih.gov/diabetes/pubs/TipsHelping_Eng.pdf.

To receive print copies of the tip sheet, call the National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse at (800) 860-8747, or order online at www.ndep.nih.gov/diabetes/pubs/order.htm.