Diabetes Ireland

diabetes.ie | [email protected] | +353 1 842 8118

Diabetes Ireland provides support, information and education to people of all ages living with diabetes. Their helpline is open Mon-Fri, 9am – 5pm.  They have a useful information page for young adult living with Type 1 Diabetes to help prepare for going to college, moving away from home, health and lifestyle and other useful information.

Diabetes Ireland

diabetes.ie | [email protected] | +353 1 842 8118

Diabetes Ireland provides support, information and education to people of all ages living with diabetes. Their helpline is open Mon-Fri, 9am – 5pm.  They have a useful information page for young adult living with Type 1 Diabetes to help prepare for going to college, moving away from home, health and lifestyle and other useful information.

The Transition Steps…

Reading the material on this website and listening to or reading the ‘transition stories’ will help prepare you for transition.

In this way, you will gain more information and confidence that will support you through the process. The important thing is that you will see that you are not alone. Your parent(s)/guardian(s) and health care team are there to support you and help you to manage the move to adult services. There is no single transition process or programme in Ireland but it is helpful to think of the process as including the following three stages:

Thinking about transition
Planning your transition
Making the transition

Reading the material on this website and listening to or reading the ‘transition stories’ will help prepare you in some way for transition.

In this way, you will gain more information and confidence that will support you through the process. The important thing is that you will see that you are not alone.

Your parent(s)/guardian(s) and health care team are there to support you and help you to manage the move to adult services. There is no single transition process or programme in Ireland but it is helpful to think of the process as including the following three stages:

Thinking about transition
Planning your transition
Making the transition