Special considerations in older adults with diabetes: Meeting the challenge

Abstract

Clinicians who manage older people with diabetes require special skills if they wish to provide high-quality care. Their approach is influenced by a multitude of factors, such as the higher frequency of medical comorbidities, frailty, and socioeconomic issues. Comprehensive geriatric assessment is a potentially important tool in ensuring that patients with diabetes receive a multiprofessional assessment of their functional status and unmet needs. Effective goal setting provides an additional means of confirming that therapeutic approaches are on target.