Therapeutic Diabetes Education to Elderly

Marelys Yanes Quesada; Jeddú Cruz Hernández; Teresa Margarita González Calero; Ana Ibis Conesa González; Liset Padilla Ledesma; Pilar Hernández García; Miguel Ángel Yanes Quesada

2018, Number 3

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Rev Cuba Endoc 2018; 29 (3)

Therapeutic Diabetes Education to Elderly

Yanes QM, Cruz HJ, González CTM, Conesa GAI, Padilla LL, Hernández GP, Yanes QMA

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ABSTRACT

Therapeutic education is one of the fundamental aspects in the treatment of people with diabetes mellitus. In the case of the elderly with this disease, this activity has peculiarities. At first, a comprehensive evaluation of the patient is recommended to identify physical, mental or social problem that may interfere with the educationaltherapeutic process. Then, education must be adapted to the subject, taking into account the precept that it is not "education for treatment", but "education as treatment". This demands training the health professionals in charge of this task, in which the family doctor must play a fundamental role in Cuba. The main goal of therapeutic education is to promote self-care and ensure therapeutic adherence without deteriorating the quality of life, while teaching the patient to live with the chronic condition.