Disability in Older People With Diabetes
An adapted educational programme for older people with diabetes, focused on their learning capacities has shown efficiency for blood glucose and vascular risk factors control and for complications prevention. Due to the usual difficulties of this population the involvement of a care-giver is often necessary. Besides the general principles of education in diabetes, a baseline physical and cognitive assessment is necessary, sometimes with assessment of the potential care-giver.
Education for Older Patients With Diabetes
An adapted educational programme for older people with diabetes, focused on their learning capacities has shown efficiency for blood glucose and vascular risk factors control and for complications prevention. Due to the usual difficulties of this population the involvement of a care-giver is often necessary. Besides the general principles of education in diabetes, a baseline physical and cognitive assessment is necessary, sometimes with assessment of the potential care-giver.
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