Diabetes
NZ Rotorua YOUTH - Supporting our Kids with Diabetes and their
Parents
We
support children and young people with diabetes, and their friends,
family and whanau. We recognise the implications of diabetes
in the lives of young people, and strive to work towards reducing
the harmful impact of diabetes on our youth.
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Youth
Committee
Diabetes
NZ Rotorua has a sub-committee that exists specifically to support
young people with diabetes and their families in the Rotorua
area.
Charlie
Windell is our Youth Coordinaor and runs the Parent Support
Network.
You
can contact Charlie
by Phone: 07 345 5374
Youth
Camps
Going
off to camp is often the first opportunity for independence
for a child with diabetes, and it is an invaluable experience
that we believe should be offered to every child with diabetes.
(It also gives parents a well-earned break from the 24/7 responsibilities
that can erode the sanity of even the strongest...)
We
are actively involved with a program aimed at increasing the
availability of camps to young people with diabetes across the
Midland Region.
Youth
Camps
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Diabetes
NZ Rotorua is happy to subsidise funding for Rotorua children
with diabetes to attend camp.
To
apply for camp funding, contact
either
Wendy Gifford (Rotorua
Hospital)
or Karen Reed (Diabetes
NZ Rotorua)
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Parent's
Group
If
you are the parent or carer of a child with diabetes living
in or near Rotorua then you may be interested in getting together
with others for coffee (or something stronger, depending on
the occasion!) and a chat. Contact Charlie
Windell for more information.
Diabetes
in Young People
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Diabetes
affects people of all ages.
Type
1 (juvenile or insulin dependent) diabetes typically
develops in childhood, or early adulthood and is becoming
more common in New Zealand, as it is elsewhere.
Alarmingly,
Type 2 (adult onset) diabetes is also on the increase
in children. This type of diabetes has traditionally affected
middle-aged to older persons, however it is now becoming
a significant health threat to the younger generation.
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