There has been an increase in research exploring the area of intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and diabetes. Despite being described as instrumental to diabetes care for people with IDD, the role and experiences of family carers, such as parents and siblings, are often neglected in this research. However, it is clear that family carers do not feel that they have sufficient knowledge about diabetes. The purpose of this commentary is to extend the content from “Diabetes and people with learning disabilities: Issues for policy, practice, and education (Maine et al., 2020)” and discuss how family carers can feel better supported when caring for someone with IDD and diabetes.,This commentary discusses specific efforts such as STOP diabetes, DESMOND-ID and OK-diabetes for people with IDD including family carers. Encouragement is given for health care providers to recommend such programmes to people with IDD and their family carers. It is also suggested that health care providers involve family carers in diabetes care planning and implementation for people with IDD.,It is hoped that if changes are made to current diabetes practices and more research with family carers is conducted, diabetes prevention and management for people with IDD will be more successful and family carers can feel more confident in providing support to their loved ones.,Research exploring the role of family carers in diabetes care for people with IDD and diabetes is very limited. This commentary makes recommendations to help family carers feel better supported in their role. It also provides areas for future research.

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关于“糖尿病和学习障碍者：政策、实践和教育问题”的评论

探索智力和发育障碍 (IDD) 和糖尿病领域的研究有所增加。尽管被描述为有助于 IDD 患者的糖尿病护理，但家庭护理人员（例如父母和兄弟姐妹）的角色和经历在这项研究中经常被忽视。然而，很明显，家庭照顾者并不认为他们对糖尿病有足够的了解。本评论的目的是扩展“糖尿病和有学习障碍的人：政策、实践和教育问题（缅因州等，2020 年）”的内容，并讨论家庭照顾者在照顾患有学习障碍的人时如何获得更好的支持。 IDD 和糖尿病。,这篇评论讨论了具体的工作，例如为 IDD 患者（包括家庭护理人员）停止糖尿病、DESMOND-ID 和 OK-糖尿病。鼓励医疗保健提供者向 IDD 患者及其家庭护理人员推荐此类计划。还建议医疗保健提供者让家庭护理人员参与为 IDD 患者制定和实施糖尿病护理计划。希望如果改变当前的糖尿病做法并与家庭护理人员进行更多研究，为人们提供糖尿病预防和管理IDD 将更加成功，家庭护理人员可以更有信心为他们的亲人提供支持。,探索家庭护理人员在 IDD 和糖尿病患者的糖尿病护理中的作用的研究非常有限。这篇评论提出了一些建议，以帮助家庭照顾者在他们的角色中获得更好的支持。它还提供了未来研究的领域。