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Mum wears pump to help Mia
“I sometimes wish I wasn’t the only one in my family with type 1.”
It was this simple statement that prompted mum Candice to walk in her seven-year-old daughter Mia’s shoes to attempt to discover what life is like living with type 1.
“I decided then that I would put on one of Mia’s Libre sensors and I rang the diabetes clinic and asked if I could borrow a pump to wear over the school holidays."
What is DACS?
DACS – Diabetes Ambulatory Care Service – is a new model of care at Perth Children’s Hospital for children newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. In DACS, patients and families spend less time hospitalised and receive education, care and support as an outpatient.
Forum a big success
The Children’s Diabetes Centre was honoured to have leading international experts Laurel Messer and Professor Mike Riddell as guest speakers at our community forum and research symposium recently. For those who were unable to attend, we've uploaded the video.
Follow us on Twitter
The Children's Diabetes Centre has a new Twitter account and we'd love you to follow us! Here you'll find news about our published research and much more.
Wellbeing study needs you!
Young people are needed for a new Children's Diabetes Centre research study that aims to improve the mental health of teenagers with type 1 diabetes.
Meat matters
Type 1 diabetes patients require about 50 per cent more insulin with a high protein meal then with a low protein meal to maintain a stable blood glucose level, according to new Children’s Diabetes Centre research.
Combating glucose rises
Participants are needed for a new study looking at the patterns in glucose rise after meals. We hope the study will give us information that we can use to give individual advice to help reduce the rise in glucose levels after meals
