Digital aids for self-care of your health and wellbeing

prediabetes and diabetes edition

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We hope that this practical handbook will help you as a patient who has been diagnosed with prediabetes or type 2 diabetes to really get going with using various digital aids to support your self-care or underpin the shared management of your condition(s) agreed between you and your responsible doctor or nurse. That could be via online learning from trusted resources, or apps, video-consultation or how using telehealth can empower you to take more responsibility for your own health and wellbeing, thereby avoiding deterioration of your health condition. Looking after yourself is key to you staying fit and healthy. You may already regularly use technology in your daily life. We will show you ways that you can use a range of technology to boost your health at home too, which will be affordable, convenient, flexible, and empower you to take more responsibility for your health condition. 

The person best placed to look after your health and wellbeing is YOU!

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£4.99 paperback

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Digital aids for self-care of your health and wellbeing

COPD, asthma, atrial fibrillation and hypertension edition

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This is a practical handbook for patients who have been diagnosed with one or more health conditions covered in this handbook (COPD, asthma, atrial fibrillation and hypertension) and to start using various digital aids to support your self-care or underpin the shared management of your condition(s).

 

This handbook shows you ways that you can use a range of technology to boost your health at home which will be convenient, flexible, and empower you to take more responsibility for your condition.

 

£7.99 paperback                ​

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Smart aids to live well

Staying healthy with assistive technology

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We have written this handbook to provide 'ordinary' people with a wide range of advice & ideas about using various tech aids to help them (or a loved one) stay healthy - that they can apply to their own circumstances.

 

Technology is your friend when it comes to managing your health and wellbeing. There is a wealth of knowledge, information and experience available at our fingertips which

has revolutionised the way we live our lives.

 

Each chapter contains useful information relating to the use of simple, relatively low cost assistive technology to promote a person's health, independence and wellbeing.

 

These items are either free (like many of the trusted apps featured in every chapter) or affordable and readily available in the retail market and so can be purchased by the individual themselves or by their family/carer etc.

 

£9.99 paperback                

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Smart with your weight!

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Weight management is a sensitive subject, with people often being unaware of the significant impact that being overweightor obese can have on their overall health.

 

We hope that this book enables you to:

 

• understand the risks of being overweight

 

• take the approaches to achieve long-term weight loss

 

• increase your confidence and capability to make lifestyle changes to lose weight and sustain that weight loss

 

• improve your dietary intake, portion control and become more physically active - within your personal budget, ability and time constraints.

 

£4.99 paperback      

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Take Control of Your Menopause with a Smart Approach

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This book is full of clinical insights and encouragement for any woman to understand and minimise the effects of their menopause, whatever their personal circumstances, at different times in their lives. 

 

That might be about improving your lifestyle habits in sustained ways, realising the benefits of hormone replacement therapies or alternative treatments, adopting digital aids so that you have a smart approach to beating your menopause. 

 

We’ve tended to focus in this handbook on easily available, accessible

and affordable digital aids like apps, and modes of delivery of patient care

that are recommended by trustworthy organisations like the NHS or

national charities.

 

£5.99 paperback    

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Be smart, stay well: 

using digital aids to help manage your health and wellbeing

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We hope that this practical handbook will help you to really get going 

with using digital aids, whatever health conditions you might have. 

 

This might be to prevent you from developing a condition such as 

diabetes or raised blood pressure, being calm whilst you await the resolution of symptoms like a flare up of asthma, relieving symptoms 

such as a headache by treating yourself. 

 

Looking after yourself is key to you staying fit and healthy. 

You may already regularly use technology in your daily life. 

 

We will show you ways that you can use a range of technology, 

which will be convenient, flexible and empower you to take more responsibility for your own health and wellbeing.

 

£8.99 paperback    

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OUR NHS

for better or worse?

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Our NHS offers a candid and insightful look into the evolution of the UK's 

National Health Service over the past 50 years. Drawing from her personal experiences as a GP and academic, Dr Ruth Chambers combines historical context, medical anecdotes, and stories from fellow healthcare professionals to paint a comprehensive picture of the NHS's journey. The book covers key topics such as gender inequality in healthcare, the rising stress on NHS workers, and the challenges of integrating digital technology into medical care.

What sets this book apart is Dr Ruth's ability to blend the personal with the professional. 

Her reflections are not just about the system but about the individuals - both patients and staff - who make up the NHS. The stories of challenges faced by GPs in the 1970s compared to modern healthcare give a stark perspective on how much (and how little) has changed. She also offers constructive criticism, highlighting systemic issues such as whistleblowing, obesity, and prison healthcare, all while acknowledging the NHS’s many successes.

 

£9.99 paperback    

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