Omnipod’s Smart Sitters Guide
Omnipod‘s Smart Sitters Guide can help you prepare sitters or other caregivers for tasks they may need to do and situations that may arise while they take care of your child with type 1 diabetes (T1D). This Guide covers basic information about T1D, current tools to manage diabetes, along with plenty of practical advice and tips for parents and sitters. It is not intended to serve as a complete guide to managing T1D in children and young adolescents.
As you use this Smart Sitters Guide, give thought to how it best fits your, your child’s, and your sitters’ needs and situation. Think about how you’ll get each sitter ready to care for your child. Prior to leaving your child with a new sitter, consider having the sitter spend some time with you and your child to observe your child and the diabetes self-care tasks they may need to do. Take this opportunity to show the sitter how to do these tasks and have the sitter demonstrate them back to you. Think about giving this Smart Sitters Guide to sitters to review prior to sitting for your child.
Remember every child, family, sitter and situation is unique. This Smart Sitters Guide is informational and is intended to become a valuable and valued resource as you and your child navigate spending time away from each other. It also contains forms to assist you and your sitters.
Download Omnipod’s Smart Sitters Guide
Additional resources
Family information: about the parents, child with T1D and other children
For Parents: about your sitter
Disclaimer
This Smart Sitters Guide may contain references to other educational materials and/or third party websites. We are providing the references for your information only. As we do not control, endorse, monitor or review the materials or websites, we are not responsible for their content. Your use of any third party websites is subject to its terms and conditions and privacy policy.
This Smart Sitters Guide is designed for educational purposes only. It is distributed with the understanding that its contributing authors, affiliates and sponsors are not providing medical advice or recommendations. This Smart Sitters Guide is not intended as a substitute for advice or consultation about your child’s diabetes care with their healthcare providers. Your child’s healthcare providers know your child best and can provide medical advice and recommendations about your child’s individual needs.
Although reasonable efforts were made to ensure the accuracy of this resource at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee is given, whether by its contributing writers and reviewers, affiliates and sponsors, its and their agents, subcontractors, distributors or other related persons, that this resource and its contents are comprehensive, up to date, or free from errors or omissions. The contributing writers and reviewers, affiliates and sponsors of this resource, its and their agents, subcontractors, distributors, or other related persons, disclaim any and all liability for any losses, injuries, or damages of any kind, including special, indirect or consequential, relating to its use. Always consult with your child’s healthcare provider when making medical decisions about your child’s individual needs.
