Diabetes Management Challenges For Seniors WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Diabetes Management Challenges For Seniors
There are a number of diabetes management challenges for seniors. These include financial difficulties, lack of transportation to doctor's visits, mobility problems preventing them in engaging in physical activity, and isolation.1 Other health conditions can also present challenges for diabetic seniors.2
Fast Facts:
- About 8.6 million Americans aged 60 and older have diabetes.1
- Diabetic seniors are more likely to become depressed.1
- Community-sponsored transportation is often available to seniors at no charge.1
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Research Notes References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 dLife: Seniors and Diabetes
- ↑ About.com: Top 6 Diabetes Management Challenges For Seniors
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- Contributor: Jacky Gamble
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Nov. 13, 2009
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- Contributor: Jacky Gamble
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Diabetes Challenges for Seniors, Senior Diabetic Challenges, Elderly Diabetic Challeneges
- Last update: Mar. 31, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
