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Older People with Diabetes and Life Transitions

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  • Transitions are an important part of life from infancy to older age.

  • Not all transitions are negative, they can represent an opportunity to enhance the person’s quality of life.

  • Salutogenesis stresses the importance of starting by considering how health is created and maintained rather than focusing on the negative aspects of illness and disorder.

  • Social and psychological support are vital to encourage older people to manage diabetes and it is meaningful to them.

Hold still. stay there. tease back the layers. you are in the space between your comfort zone and infinity. you want to hide. not be seen. not be open. not be vulnerable. But you have to. there are two ways to do this—soft and gentle or fast and hard. both will get you to the other side, if you let them.

(Jeanette LeBlanc).

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Rasmussen, B. (2018). Older People with Diabetes and Life Transitions. In: Dunning, T. (eds) The Art and Science of Personalising Care with Older People with Diabetes. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74360-8_7

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