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New Advances in Caring for Seniors with Diabetes

Quoted from Griswold Home Care

As Baby Boomers continue to age and head into their senior years, many of them are sicker than the generations that came before them. That means a higher percentage of seniors of this generation will have diabetes, as well as other age-related illnesses. On the positive side, there are new advances in caring for seniors with diabetes that should help manage the disease.

The United Health Foundation just released a new report that shows that seniors between the ages of 50 and 64 will have more health concerns over the next 14 years than seniors that came before them. In fact, for those in this age group, 55% more will have diabetes than those in that age group today. In addition, about 25% more will also be obese.

This higher rate of diabetes will hit this group hard in the pocketbook since people with diabetes pay 250% more in health care costs than those without the disease. Taxpayers will also be affected as most health care costs are absorbed by Medicare. To ward off health problems and higher health costs, the best thing this generation can do is to try to reduce their risk for diabetes before they are struck with the illness.

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