Care of Elderly Diabetics
Some older persons with diabetes find the routines of their diabetic care stressful and sometimes fail to comply with recommendations for control of their disease. If you have an older relative in your household who requires special attention to diabetic control, you can be supportive by reinforcing the physician’s instructions, emphasizing the need for constant control of the disease, and assisting the person in personal care routines. Careful bathing and care of the feet and teeth may prevent Many elderly diabetics have chronic ill health and find some assistance by social service and home health care groups helpful. Some who are unable to continue living in their homes, caring for themselves, consider moving into sheltered care facilities. Elderly persons living in retirement hotels, sheltered care homes, or nursing homes should make their diabetic needs known to staff nurses and others in charge so that meals and lifestyle will be conducive to control the disease.
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