You and Your Health Care Team as You Age

This booklet provides information to help you work with your health care team and live well with diabetes.

As you get older you may have more health issues to deal with. It is not always easy to find your way around the health system. You need to work out who can help you with health issues and maintaining your wellbeing.

An NDSS booklet cover titled 'You and your healthcare team' with the subtitle 'A guide for older people living with diabetes'. The cover features an image of three healthcare professionals - a man in a white polo shirt, a woman in teal medical scrubs, and a woman in a white lab coat with a stethoscope - standing together and smiling

You and your health care team as you age

As you age you may have more health issues to deal with. It is not always easy to find your way around the health system. You need to work out who can help you with health issues and maintain your wellbeing

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A photograph of an older man with white hair and a beard, wearing a light blue unbuttoned shirt over a white t-shirt, alongside an older woman with short blonde hair in a mustard-colored top. They are smiling at the camera in a kitchen setting. The man holds a glass bowl of fresh green salad with a spoon, while a wooden table in the foreground features other fresh vegetables

Healthy eating as you age

Healthy eating and food choices for older people living with diabetes.

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Managing diabetes as you age

This booklet gives you information to help you manage your diabetes as you grow older. Ask for support if managing your diabetes by yourself is becoming difficult.

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