This paper examines the impact of health insurance coverage on diabetics’ decisions to monitor, treat and manage their condition and gauges the effect of these decisions on their health. Diabetics can experience serious or fatal complications without regular monitoring (of blood glucose and other indicators of disease severity) and, in some cases, prescription medication. These activities can p...

Objective: Our aim was to evaluate the cognitive functions and daily living activities of the elderly diabetics who were under a basal-bolus intensive insulin therapy. Methods: Our study included 108 patients admitted to our outpatient clinic who are over 65 years of age and under an intensive insulin therapy. Minimental state examination (MMSE), activities of daily living (ADL), and instrument...

Care of the elderly population with diabetes may not be restricted to the management of hyperglycemia, associated risk factors, and specific diabetic complications. An integrated approach should also include the assessment and management of gerontological problems. Both diabetes mellitus and aging interact toward the direction of the increased incidence of geriatric syndromes. Education is a co...

Introduction: The elderly with type2 Diabetes Mellitus(DM) have a greater frequency and severity of urinary tract infections(UTIs) due to long duration of DM, its neurovascular complications, long term insulin use, aging and suppression of immune system. The term UTI encompasses asymptomatic bacteriuria (ABU), urethritis, cystitis, prostatitis and pyelonephritis. Aims: To study the clinical and...

The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of self-reported diabetes in the elderly, identifying associated factors, knowledge, and practices related to treatment options. This was a cross-sectional population-based study with stratified clustered two-stage sampling in six municipalities in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. Among the 1,949 elderly, 15.4% presented self-reported diabetes. B...

AIM to explore the possibility of metformin protective effect on frailty syndrome. METHODS this was a case control study conducted in subjects' ≥60 years old who visited the Geriatrics and Diabetes outpatient clinic of Cipto Mangunkusumo National Referral Hospital between March and June 2013. Diagnosis of frailty was established using the FI-40 item criteria. Statistical analysis was done wit...

The Riyadh Social Welfare Home (SWH) for the elderly females, who are over sixty years of age, is one of the services that is provided by the Ministry of Social Affairs in the Kingdom. All services that are offered i.e. residency, food and health care are free of charge. The percentage of elderly population in the Arab counties as a whole is estimated to be about 5.6% of the total population, w...