Management of Elderly Diabetes Patients Who Are Unable to Self-Care.
10.4093/jkd.2018.19.4.232
- Author:
Bok Rye SONG
1
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul, Korea. songppm@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Hyperglycemia;
Hypoglycemia;
Older adults with diabetes
- MeSH:
Accidental Falls;
Activities of Daily Living;
Adult;
Aged*;
Aging;
Chronic Disease;
Delirium;
Dizziness;
Humans;
Hyperglycemia;
Hypoglycemia;
Life Expectancy;
Prevalence;
Quality of Life;
Self Care*;
Self-Control;
Syncope;
Urinary Incontinence
- From:Journal of Korean Diabetes
2018;19(4):232-236
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
Modern medical advances have led to an aging society with longer life expectancy, and now the health awareness of the elderly is increasing, presuming an average age of 100 years. The elderly present with various clinical symptoms, delirium, falls, senility, dizziness, syncope, and urinary incontinence, which are defined as elderly syndromes not distinguished by separate diseases. In addition, 91% of people aged 65 or older have chronic diseases, 31.9% of which are limited by one or more of the six basic activities of daily living, while 3.5% do not perform their basic activities of daily living. In particular, the diabetes prevalence rate in the elderly has been reported to be around 30%, and since older adults with diabetes have a number of disturbing factors that cannot be self-controlled, we want to analyze them and consider alternative measures. The medical, social, mental, and functional approaches to diabetes assessment of patients inform the development of individualized treatments. Diabetes patients believe that personal and social efforts are very necessary to improve their quality of life and restore their physical and social functions through adequate self-care.
