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      Diabetes in the Elderly

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          The elderly are an important and distinct yet heterogeneous group of persons living with diabetes. The elderly have a unique biomedical, psychological, and social constitution. Their needs are different from those of younger adults. This implies that special care must be taken while evaluating and planning their nursing and management. Diabetes management in the elderly should focus on prevention and limitation of geriatric syndromes (medical conditions encountered in elderly persons), hypoglycemia (low blood glucose), and neurocognitive dysfunction (impairment in the functioning of the nervous system and brain). This review takes a practical approach to the assessment, nursing care, and medical treatment of diabetes in the elderly. It highlights major challenges and suggests solutions to these commonly encountered clinical problems.

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                Contributors
                brideknl@gmail.com
                Journal
                Diabetes Ther
                Diabetes Ther
                Diabetes Therapy
                Springer Healthcare (Cheshire )
                1869-6953
                1869-6961
                19 February 2018
                19 February 2018
                April 2018
                : 9
                : 2
                : 493-500
                Affiliations
                [1 ]ISNI 0000 0004 1803 0590, GRID grid.470178.d, Department of Endocrinology, , Bharti Hospital, ; Karnal, India
                [2 ]ISNI 0000 0004 1767 6103, GRID grid.413618.9, College of Nursing, , AIIMS, ; Rishikesh, India
                Article
                380
                10.1007/s13300-018-0380-x
                6104259
                29460258
                3c5ce13e-7c4f-4806-ab50-f2aecfa9ff08
                © The Author(s) 2018

                Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits use, duplication, adaptation, distribution, and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.

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                : 1 December 2017
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                Practical Approach
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                © Springer Healthcare Ltd., part of Springer Nature 2018

                Endocrinology & Diabetes
                diabetes education,diabetes nursing,end of life,geriatric,geriatric syndromes,hypoglycemia,neurocognitive dysfunction

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