Muscles, misery and the elderly diabetic
β Scribed by Petterson, T
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 423 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1357-8170
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## Abstract The prevalence of diabetes increases with age and with increasing age and fralty many elderly people move into residential care. An audit of diabetes care was carried out in 25 trail diabetic patients in residential care comparing them with 25 diabetic patients living in their own homes
Diabetes mellitus is a common disease in older people, with almost 50 % of Type 2 diabetic patients being over 60 years of age; despite this, half of older people with frank diabetes are not diagnosed. While insulin resistance is common in older people, large numbers also have impaired insulin secre