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Elderly with Diabetes Run Risk of Falling According to A New Study

Posted: Thursday, October 13, 2005

New research shows that diabetes can substantially raise the risk of falls among elderly adults living in nursing homes by as much as four times

Diabetes: A Growing Concern in Long-Term Care Facilities

Posted: Monday, August 08, 2005

26 percent of nursing home residents have diabetes. Facilities should develop a strategy to prevent, monitor and manage diabetes and promote better health in residents.

Elderly Diabetics More at Risk of Bone Fractures

Posted: Monday, August 08, 2005

People in their 70s have a more than 60 percent higher risk of fractures if they also have type 2 diabetes, the most common form of the disease, according to new study findings.

Mediterranean Diet Reduces Mortality in Elderly

Posted: Thursday, April 21, 2005

Adherence to a diet relying on plant foods and unsaturated fats that resembles the Mediterranean diet is associated with reduction in overall mortality in elderly Europeans.

US Launches Diabetes Campaign Aimed at Seniors

Posted: Wednesday, February 02, 2005

A government-sponsored diabetes education group launched a new campaign to address what they say is one of the nation's growing health problems: diabetes among the elderly

Diabetes Leads to Disability in Old Age

Posted: Thursday, October 21, 2004

In analyses controlling for age, gender, and education, diabetes was associated with worsening manual dexterity and lower limb function,"
The risk of incident disability was 47% greater in diabetics than in nondiabetics

InnoLet Injection Device Relieves Fears of Injection

Posted: Wednesday, October 13, 2004

Use of a pre-filled, disposable insulin injection device -- Innolet -- reduces the fear of self-injection and brakes down barriers to effective diabetes management in elderly patients. The number of patients with signs of major distress related to the injections decreased by 53%.

Diabetes Increases Mortality Among Elderly Patients

Posted: Monday, August 30, 2004

Annual mortality rate for patients with diabetes age 65 or older was 10%.
A study of almost 300,000 people by researchers found that In comparison, the annual mortality rate for people in the same age group who do not have diabetes is 6%.

Fading Social Life Signals Trouble In Diabetes

Posted: Wednesday, July 21, 2004

Older diabetic patients who withdraw from their normal social activities may be showing early signs of deteriorating health. Researchers found that among more than 5,200 people with diabetes, age 65 and older, those who said they had recently curtailed their leisure activities were more likely than others to die or develop a disability over the next two years.

None of the study participants had any apparent disabilities at the outset, suggesting, the authors say, that a diabetic person's withdrawal from social life may be one of the first signs of declining health.

Fading Social Life Signals Trouble in Diabetes

Posted: Wednesday, July 21, 2004

Older diabetic patients who withdraw from their normal social activities may be showing early signs of deteriorating health. Researchers found that among more than 5,200 people with diabetes, age 65 and older, those who said they had recently curtailed their leisure activities were more likely than others to die or develop a disability over the next two years.

None of the study participants had any apparent disabilities at the outset, suggesting, the authors say, that a diabetic person's withdrawal from social life may be one of the first signs of declining health