Abstract

YANES QUESADA, Marelys et al. Therapeutic Diabetes Education to Elderly. Rev Cubana Endocrinol [online]. 2018, vol.29, n.3, pp. 1-10. ISSN 1561-2953.

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 educational-therapeutic 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.

Keywords : elderly adult; therapeutic education; Mellitus diabetes.

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