Type 1 Diabetes Services
At Diabetes Care Plus, we offer a comprehensive range of services to support people living with type 1 diabetes.
Our team includes a psychologist, diabetes nurse educators, and dietitians, with appointments available via telehealth and in person. We provide group programs, including carb counting workshops, and support all aspects of type 1 diabetes management, including insulin adjustments, pump therapy, nutrition, annual screening checks, and emotional wellbeing.
Our goal is to help you manage your type 1 diabetes confidently and reduce the risk of complications, with tailored support for your individual needs.
Book an appointmentServices we provide
At Diabetes Care Plus, we have an extensive range services available to help you live well with type 1 diabetes.
These include:
- Psychologist, specialising in type 1 diabetes
- Diabetes nurse educator
- Dietitian
- Type 1 specific group programs, including carbohydrate counting.
Type 1 diabetes services appointments
| Service | Delivery |
| Diabetes nurse educator | In person or via telehealth |
| Dietitian | In person or via telehealth |
| Psychologist | Via telehealth only |
| Carb counting workshops for type 1 diabetes (group program) | Learn more |
How we can help you manage your type 1 diabetes
The Diabetes Care Plus team can help with all aspects of type 1 diabetes management and care, which includes:
Carbohydrate counting
Our type 1 diabetes specialist dietitians can:
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- Teach carbohydrate counting in grams, exchanges or OzDAFNE Carbohydrate Portions (CPs)
- Review your carbohydrate counting skills
- Pre-pump carbohydrate counting sessions
- Run our Carb Counting workshops for type 1 diabetes
Insulin
We can help you to assess if your insulins are working for you and support you on safe insulin adjustments such as:
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- Checking if your long-acting insulin is covering you for 24 hours
- Help you to better understand and start using an insulin to carbohydrate ratio
- Help you to better understand and check that your correction factor is working for you
- Insulin adjustments for exercise, illness, pre-surgery preparation, etc.
Insulins Pump Clinic
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- Working out if an insulin pump is right for you
- Starting an insulin pump
- Insulin pump upgrades
- To the newer version of your current pump; or
- Changing to another insulin pump
Reducing your risk of diabetes complications
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- Annual screening checks
- Nutrition review to ensure you food and drink intake is helping to reduce your risk of complications
- Overall diabetes management review
Helping you achieve your healthy weight goals
At Diabetes Care Plus, we offer weight neutral or weight centric support depending on what you would like. We understand that weight management is important to people living with type 1 diabetes and can help you to meet your goals.
Emotional and mental health support
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- Support for the psychological and emotional aspects of managing a lifelong condition.
- Coping strategies for stress, anxiety, depression, diabetes distress, diabetes burnout – all of which can arise from the challenges of living with a lifelong condition.
Group Programs
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Carbohydrate Counting Workshop
Are you looking to improve your carb counting skills? Diabetes Care Plus is running carb counting workshops for adults with type 1 diabetes
National Relay Service
Diabetes Care Plus welcomes calls through the National Relay Service (NRS). If you are d/Deaf, hard of hearing, or find it difficult to speak on the phone, simply choose your access option and provide our phone number 1300 153 123 when asked by the relay officer.