Celebrating Caregivers: The Unsung Heroes of Diabetes Management
This post is extra special – it’s about our 🎁 Caregiver Giveaway Contest 🎁, created in celebration of World Diabetes Day. To recognise the incredible caregivers who support loved ones living with diabetes, we’ll be rewarding our 15 favourite stories with prizes worth $50 each.
Behind every person living with diabetes, there’s often someone quietly working in the background – a caregiver. They may be a parent reminding their child to test before meals, a spouse preparing balanced meals, a grown-up son or daughter looking after an elderly parent or even a close friend who checks in regularly. Caregivers don’t just provide practical help; they offer emotional strength, encouragement, and love.
Caregiving, however, is not always easy. It takes patience, time, and dedication. Managing schedules, ensuring testing happens on time, and keeping track of results can be overwhelming, especially when life is already full of other responsibilities. This is why it’s important to recognise the vital role caregivers play – and to equip them with tools that make their efforts easier and more effective.
The Challenges Caregivers Face
For many caregivers, supporting someone with diabetes involves more than reminders and encouragement. They often need to:
⦁ Keep track of multiple blood glucose readings throughout the day.
⦁ Understand whether results fall within a safe range.
⦁ Manage supplies like test strips and lancets.
⦁ Balance caregiving with their own work and family commitments.
When the tools available are complicated or unreliable, these challenges can become even more stressful. That’s where the CONTOUR®PLUS ELITE blood glucose monitoring system (BGMS) comes in – designed to simplify diabetes management for both patients and caregivers.
How CONTOUR®PLUS ELITE Makes Caregiving Easier
The CONTOUR®PLUS ELITE isn’t just another blood glucose meter – it’s a reliable partner in the caregiving journey. Here’s how its features directly support both people with diabetes and their caregivers:
- High Accuracy1
Every decision in diabetes management starts with a reading. With the CONTOUR®PLUS ELITE BGMS, caregivers can feel confident that they’re working with highly accurate results, reducing uncertainty. - SmartLIGHT® for easier understanding of blood glucose levels2
No more second-guessing or interpreting numbers alone. A simple colour-coded light (green, amber, red) instantly shows if a reading is within, above, or below the target range – making it easier for caregivers to understand results.
- Second-Chance® Sampling may help save test strips3
Caregiving often involves helping loved ones test multiple times a day. If not enough blood is applied the first time, Second-Chance® sampling allows more blood to be added to the same strip within 60 seconds. This reduces frustration and minimises strip wastage – saving time, stress, and money.3
- Seamless Connectivity
With the FREE CONTOUR®DIABETS App, caregivers can review results and trends easily on their smartphones. This helps them spot patterns and have more meaningful discussions with healthcare providers – all without juggling handwritten notes or complicated charts.
Together, these features help take the guesswork out of diabetes management, allowing caregivers to focus less on numbers and more on providing the emotional support their loved ones truly need.
To explore how CONTOUR®PLUS ELITE can support your diabetes management, visit CONTOUR®PLUS ELITE blood glucose meter for more information or click here to make a purchase.
🎁 Caregiver Giveaway Contest – A Small Thank You 🎁
To celebrate the incredible caregivers who give so much of themselves every day – and in honour of World Diabetes Day – we’re excited to launch our Caregiver Giveaway Contest!
💙 How to Join:
⦁ Log in to your Pharmacare account or register here as a new user to participate
⦁ Share in the comments section below how you think CONTOUR®PLUS ELITE can help you as a caregiver in supporting the diabetes management of your loved ones to win a Caregiver thank you pack (worth $50).
- GIVEAWAY HAVE ENDED -
⦁ 15 lucky winners with our favourite answers will win!
🗓️ Important Dates:
⦁ Contest Deadline: 30th November 2025
⦁ Winners Notified via Email: by 31st December 2025
🧾Terms & Conditions:
⦁ Users have to be registered member of SingHealth Pharmacare Online in order to leave a comment with the correct answer
⦁ Each registered member can only participate once. Any duplicated submission with the same username will be counted as 1 entry
⦁ 15 lucky winners with our favourite answers will be announced by their registered email by 31st December 2025 and prizes can only be collected at SingHealth Pharmacare @ SingHealth Tower
⦁ SingHealth Pharmacare committee reserves the right to select the 15 winners based on our discretion and modify the giveaway mechanics at any time
⦁ By participating in this giveaway, you agree to SingHealth Pharmacare’s T&Cs
This is our way of saying thank you to the caregivers who dedicate their time, energy, and love to supporting someone living with diabetes.
A Final Word of Gratitude
Diabetes management is a team journey. It takes courage, patience, and resilience – not just from the person living with diabetes, but from those who stand beside them. With the right support and the right tools, both caregivers and patients can feel more empowered and confident every day. To all the caregivers out there: your dedication makes the difference. We see you, we appreciate you, and through this contest, we celebrate you.
This giveaway is sponsored by Ascensia Diabetes Care Singapore Pte Ltd
References
- Klaff L et al. J Diabetes Sci Technol. November 2020. doi:10.1177/1932296820974348.
- Smartson online survey, Sweden 2017. 352 respondents: People with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, over 18 years old, who tested at least 4-7 times a day. Participants received free meter and tests strips. Survey funded by Ascensia Diabetes Care.
- Richardson JM et al. Clinical Relevance of Reapplication of Blood Samples During Blood Glucose Testing. Poster presented at the 20th Annual Diabetes Technology Meeting (DTM); November 12-14, 2020.
im a caregiver for my both parents which my dad dialysis patient stage final and my mum diabetics too. As my mum just end her cataract for her both eyes and her diabetics still not in normal range. im worried for them. its not easy for me to handle it. but im sure its will help me to track their blood glucose. And i hv to plan their diets.
im need to be more serious with their health nw. As for existing glucose monitor, its only show basic and yet my mum glucose not help. After change to contour, its help more and result good compare then before.
this not only for my parents, and its goes to me and my spouse as we need to be healthy to show good example to my parents and for those diagnose as diabetic patients.
hope my comments find well..
thank you..
regards
nur
2 Seamless connectivity for quick and easy reference for medical reviews .
3. Potential savings in test strips as more blood can be added to the same strip . This also helps to ensure less stress for the patient .
1) reliable
2) very accurate instant results
3) "Traffic Light" similarities results which is so easy to understand
4) 2nd chance sampling is very useful not only minimizes strip wastage, save money on strip, save time, reduce stress and anxiety
5) free App is the "Icing on the Cake" and help in review results, track and spot pattern
6) last but not least - the meter give both Caregiver and person suffering from diabetes no more guessing and most important of all is the Caregiver can concentrate on giving Emotional Support that is so much needed to the person suffering from diabetes.
Firstly the second chance feature helps to save the wastage of strips not to mention the ease of using the meter.
Besides the colour lights helps to highlight when the reading is high and when it is low which allows users and caregivers to take the correct action.
The provision of recording food, and insulin helpsl to identify the patterns and the rise and fall of the samples for the days. The ease of downloading the readings and partterns for the period helps doctors and dietitians in managing the patients' control and helps them to improve their management and control
Results also can be viewed and stored in the handphone app whereby we can show it to our family physician when we go for our routine reviews.
Then I came across the CONTOUR®PLUS ELITE, and it really help changed things for both of us. I was so amazed at how this device combines the features that are so easy to use and understand, even for my mum who isn’t tech-savvy.
The SmartLIGHT® — My mum would love how this simple colour-coded light (green, amber, red) let her instantly know her results. So clear and direct, no more guessing, no more confusion.
The Second-Chance® Sampling — This feature is a lifesaver! If her first try doesn’t have enough blood, she can just add a bit more without wasting another strip. That means fewer complaints about “expensive strips” and more accurate readings.
The Seamless Connectivity — My favourite part! I can now view her readings anytime through the CONTOUR®DIABETES App. It gives me peace of mind knowing I can monitor her sugar levels even when I’m not around — and no more scribbling numbers on bits of paper that get lost anyway.
This CONTOUR®PLUS ELITE will really made managing my mum's diabetes easier, more accurate, and a lot less stressful — for both of us. Simple, smart, and stress-free.
It also helps to provide insights into daily patterns, help us to store memory so doctors can adjust treatment effectively and also promotes better control and lesser complications. It's been a good product use by my family and it makes me relief to know they understand the devices well.
Managing chronic illnesses not only involves the patients themselves, but many times caregivers are also away and not by their sides 24/7. So having the access to their glucose levels easily available on smartphones makes managing the conditions much less daunting. And having data recorded inside the app makes discussion with healthcare providers a lot easier and discussion can be meaningful as well.