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Palliative and end-of-life care: Essential aspects of holistic care

The key issues that diabetes healthcare professionals should be considering in order to provide a truly personalised and holistic approach to diabetes care towards the end of life.

29 May 2018

HbA1c, diabetes and cognitive decline

The aim of this study was to evaluate longitudinal associations between HbA_1c levels, diabetes status and subsequent cognitive decline over a 10-year follow-up period. Data from ELSA (the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing), a prospective cohort study of men and women living in England aged 50 years and over, were analysed. Cognitive function was recorded at baseline and reassessed every 2 years. Over this time there was significant positive associations between HbA_1c levels, diabetes status and long-term cognitive decline.

28 Mar 2018

Unit 3 – Core aspects of care: Diabetes care for older people: A practical view on management

This issue’s free CPD module looks at specific needs, treatments and assessments for older people with diabetes in the community, care homes or hospital.

8 Mar 2018

Challenge is the catalyst for innovation and evolvement: Let’s embrace it!

In her first editorial as Editor-in-Chief, Su Down describes what her team in Somerset are doing to manage the increasing number of people requiring district nursing support.

2 Mar 2018

Managing frailty in older people with diabetes – the International Position Statement of the European Diabetes Working Party for Older People (EDWPOP), the Hong Kong Geriatrics Society, and an International Group of Experts

10 Jan 2018

Looking after the older generation

Debbie Hicks discusses the latest guidelines for the management of diabetes in older people.

29 Nov 2017

PCDS report from the American Diabetes Association’s 77th Scientific Sessions

21 Jul 2017

Optimising control: Current views on managing acute and chronic complications in older people

Sara Da Costa weighs up the pros and cons of tight and relaxed glycaemic control in older people.

2 May 2017

Glycaemic control in the elderly: What should we be aiming for?

Andrew McGovern reviews the evidence for glycaemic targets in older people.

2 May 2017

Diabetes and dementia: Reasons to be worried or optimistic?

13 Apr 2017

Frailty, older people and type 2 diabetes

1 Mar 2017

Conference report: 12th National Conference of the PCDS

1 Mar 2017

Teaching carers how to administer insulin: A residential care home project

Nneka Agbasi gives an account of a project to teach care home staff to administer insulin to their clients.

22 Feb 2017

A new e-learning module for healthcare assistants working with older people with diabetes

Sara Da Costa introduces a free online learning resource for healthcare assistants and allied healthcare professionals working with older people with diabetes.

30 Oct 2016

Frailty and hypoglycaemia in older people with type 2 diabetes: Therapeutic implications

The need to individualise treament in frail older people in order to minimise the risk of hypoglycaemia and adverse outcomes.

30 Oct 2016

Predictive factors of impaired glycaemic state in community-dwelling older adults in Brazil

A study to identify the factors predictive of impaired glycaemia and diabetes in the older population.

30 Oct 2016

Skin changes and skin care for people with diabetes at the end of life

The changes in skin health that occur with age, and how to prevent ulceration in people in end-of-life care.

30 Oct 2016

Factors associated with hospital-acquired hypoglycaemia among older people with type 2 diabetes

Exploring the factors that contribute to hypoglycaemia in older people.

27 Jul 2016