Nutrition and diabetes in the elderly

The aging process conveys multiple changes in the organism as well as changes in individual s surroundings Such modifications make the appearance of this sufferance diagnose and treatment to be complex and different in the rest of the population The last makes necessary the coordinated work of the multidisciplinary team in which the diabetic senior caretaker or relative most be actively participants The success of preventive and curative measures relies in increasing knowledge about health and, life conditions (economic, social community, family etc) of each patient and of the senior population in general as well as facilitating the patient with information about the means to have a better understanding about the disease and the available resources for its treatment and to be aware of the importance of achieving the therapeutic objectives This last part is particularly important for the nutritional treatment for diabetes since its objective is the change in the habit and customs of nutrition and the physical activity that the patient has realized throughout many years