1. Diabetes and Home Care A Good Fit for the Diabetic
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5. American Diabetes Association reports: Diabetes causes more deaths a year than breast cancer and AIDS combined. Two out of three people with diabetes die from heart disease or stroke.
6. STILL… diabetes is often put on the back burner of elderly patient care. Case in point: Many patients never achieve glycemic control in the hospital and are found on admission to home care to have blood glucose levels well over 200 mg/dl. This toxic level: • Impairs leukocyte function • Predisposes infection