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Browse the latest news, expert commentary, and educational content on older adults with diabetes.


02-24-2023 | Risk factors | News

Mortality risk factors vary by age in type 2 diabetes

Hypertension has the largest impact on mortality risk in younger people with type 2 diabetes, whereas chronic kidney disease is a greater threat for older people, shows a population-based study.

01-12-2023 | Older adults | News

Lower glucose may slow ageing in type 2 diabetes

People with type 2 diabetes who maintain low glycated haemoglobin levels have slower progression of frailty over time than those with higher levels, shows an analysis of Look AHEAD participants.

Senior man with glucometer checking blood sugar

11-29-2022 | Older adults | News

Call to rethink CGM advice for older adults

Analysis of participants in the ORACL trial leads researchers to suggest that nonfrail older adults with type 1 diabetes are better off following time in range guidance aimed at younger people.

Senior women working out using dumbells

08-09-2022 | Older adults | News

Lifestyle intervention strategy beneficial for older adults with diabetes

Lifestyle intervention proves “highly successful” in adults with diabetes aged 65 to 85 years, improving both metabolic and functional health, report researchers.

06-23-2022 | Older adults | News

Low risk from reversing diabetes overtreatment in nursing home residents

Deintensifying diabetes treatment does not increase the risk for short-term adverse outcomes in male nursing home residents with limited life expectancy or advanced dementia, say researchers.

04-25-2022 | Dapagliflozin | News

Frailest HF patients may stand to gain most from dapagliflozin

A post-hoc analysis of the DAPA-HF trial indicates that dapagliflozin is beneficial in people with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction regardless of frailty, but with the largest gains in the frailest individuals.

04-19-2022 | Older adults | News

Sustained benefits of CGM in older people with type 1 diabetes

Follow-up results from the WISDM trial show that extended use of continuous glucose monitoring leads to reduced hypoglycemia without increasing hyperglycemia risk in older people with type 1 diabetes.

03-28-2022 | Older adults | News

Diabetes treatment deintensification uncommon in nursing home residents

Less than a third of nursing home residents who meet the criteria for overtreatment of type 2 diabetes have their treatment deintensified, suggests an analysis of Veterans Affairs data.

03-15-2022 | Artificial pancreas systems | News

High use, improved glucose control in older adults with Cambridge closed-loop system

Older adults with type 1 diabetes spend more time in target glucose range when using the Cambridge hybrid closed-loop insulin delivery system than when using sensor-augmented pump delivery, shows a randomized trial.

02-14-2022 | Older adults | News

Type 1 diabetes duration linked to clinical, functional status in older adults

Older adults with a longer duration of type 1 diabetes have an increased likelihood of experiencing depression and hypoglycemia unawareness, researchers report.

12-14-2021 | Artificial pancreas systems | News

Older age ‘not a barrier’ to closed-loop insulin delivery for type 1 diabetes

Findings from the ORACL trial suggest that closed-loop insulin delivery results in better glycemic control than sensor-augmented pump therapy among older adults with longstanding type 1 diabetes.

11-04-2021 | Older adults | News | Article

Hospital discharge not best time to intensify diabetes medication in older adults

Intensification of diabetes medications in older adults at the point of discharge from hospital is associated with an increased risk for hypoglycemia, without gains in glycemic control, research suggests.

10-01-2021 | EASD 2021 | Conference coverage | News

Use of SGLT2 inhibitors beneficial in older adults with type 2 diabetes

Among older people with type 2 diabetes, use of SGLT2 inhibitors is associated with improved glycemic control and a favorable safety profile, suggests research reported at the virtual 57th EASD Annual Meeting.

08-17-2021 | Older adults | News

Medication deprescribing taking hold for oldest people with type 2 diabetes

Analysis of older people living in Denmark shows that doctors are increasingly deprescribing medications given solely to reduce blood glucose as people with type 2 diabetes near their end of life.