In 2023, the American Diabetes Association Alert Day falls on March 28. We encourage you to recognize this day by taking the National Institutes of Health Online Diabetes Risk Test — and by making sure that your senior loved ones take the test as well.

Living with diabetes can be tough, but caring for an elderly parent or loved one struggling with the diagnosis can be just as tough. Type 2 Diabetes, the most common form of the disease among aging adults, responds well to careful management. But that management involves lifestyle and diet changes, and such changes can be hard to accept for seniors already reeling from a discouraging diagnosis.