COGNITIVE INTERVENTIONS FOR OLDER DIABETICS

Diabetes is an insidiously dangerous disease, often resulting in many negative effects including heart disease, kidney failure, and blindnes s. Both the probability of contracting diabetes and the probability of developing complications associated with the disease increase with ag e. Poor compliance contributes to older adults' increased risk of deve loping complications associated with diabetes. Because poor medical co mpliance among older adults is frequently due to age-related changes i n cognitive processes, this article discusses how memory training and other cognitive interventions may help older diabetics better manage t his disease.