Diabetes in institutionalised elderly people: a forgotten population?

摘要

Diabetes mellitus is one of the commonest chronic diseases of elderly people. Nevertheless, this section of the diabetic population has long been neglected, which was emphasised again more recently. We report what we believe to be one of the first large studies of the patterns of care and levels of complications and resource usage of diabetic residents in residential or nursing homes. These people are possibly the most vulnerable section of the aged population.