Gentleman italian gentleman who lives alone at home

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Luigi Muscafo is a 78 year old gentleman Italian gentleman who lives alone at home. Son and daughter in law live on the same street. Luigi is independent and self-caring with ADLs and shopping. Luigi is Italian speaking and cannot read English. He is recently diagnosed with T2 Diabetes Mellitus and had an information session with the diabetes educator in the community while his family was away on holidays. Luigi was found to have poor control of his blood glucose levels when he was reviewed by GP in 2 weeks. Identify factors among the list below that may have inhibited Luigiâ€^TMs capacity to access, understand and implement his care plan.

Diabetes Educator was not Italian, Lack of in-between sessions to re-inforce the education provided, Education materials given were in English., Family was not present for the education session?

Reference no: EM133711557

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