Does your elderly loved one have diabetes? If so, it is very crucial they know how to manage it and follow any treatments their doctor prescribes. One issue is that many senior citizens will forget when they are supposed to take medications or they won’t eat properly. This is why it is so important that you and personal care at home providers work together to ensure your elderly loved one is managing the diabetes well. The tips mentioned here today can be very helpful with this.
Two of the best things your elderly loved one can do to manage their diabetes is to get and stay at a healthy weight and eat right. There are numerous studies that show being overweight can and often does exacerbate diabetes. However, if you and personal care at home providers can work with your elderly loved one to ensure they are eating healthy, it could help them to lose weight and then maintain a healthy weight going forward. This can reduce the complications they have from diabetes.
If your elderly loved one has diabetes, they need to be exercising and moving around more, as well. Studies show that people who exercise have lower blood sugar levels than those who don’t. However, it is also important to note that if your elderly loved one does have diabetes, you or a personal care at home provider should take them to their doctor to get approval for the exercise regimen you plan to have them start. That way, you and the caregivers can make sure the exercises are safe for your elderly loved one before they start doing them.
As noted above, there are many senior citizens that forget to take their medications. If your elderly loved one has diabetes, it is vital they are taking all the medications their doctor has prescribed to them. You may need to hire personal care at home providers, so they can remind your elderly loved one when to take the medications. That way, they can keep up on medication management to prevent future complications with diabetes.
These are some of the best management tips for diabetes in the elderly. Are you a family caregiver for your elderly loved one? Do they have diabetes? If so, hopefully, the tips that were talked about above can help to prevent diabetes-related complications. These tips should also be able to help your elderly loved one to manage the condition, so their symptoms don’t get worse.
Source: https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/diabetes-older-people
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