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Senior Health Awareness of Diabetes: World Diabetes Day
Diabetes. Who hasn’t heard of it? The disease that affects 9.4% of people in America as of 2015. 30.3 million people have diabetes in America alone and many more outside of the States. The number of people affected by diabetes is so great. There are an estimated 7.2 million Americans who do not even…
Read MoreDiabetes Care for a Senior with Cognitive Impairment
Generally when an adult patient is diagnosed with diabetes, the patient is included in their own care team. When a senior patient has diabetes, the diabetic management plan can become more complicated. Sometimes, special help is needed for the senior diabetic patient. This is especially so if a senior patient has cognitive impairment. Diabetes is…
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