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 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 7 Insulin treatment of elderly patients with diabetes and nursing factors [Abstract] analyzed 42 cases of elderly patients with diabetes can not adhere to the cause of insulin therapy, and the corresponding nursing. Elderly patients with insulin therapy and patients can not adhere to the low education level, lack of medical knowledge, inadequate understanding of the seriousness of complications, and there is no proper understanding of insulin injection technique, not enough family support and other factors. Nursing is a case of education, more drug guide, choose the simple and easy to operate insulin injection device, the establishment of diabetes club, inviting patients, family members and related personnel involvement in patients with diabetes specialist nurses on the hospital-home assessment and guidance. Through the implementation of nursing, to adhere to insulin therapy in elderly patients 73.8%, significantly reduced the incidence of diabetic complications and improve quality of life of elderly patients. [Keywords:] Aged; diabetes mellitus; insulin therapy; care WHO1997 years reported that about 135 million diabetics worldwide is forecast to rise by 2025 to 300 million [1], diabetes has become a developed country, following cardiovascular disease and cancer the third largest after the disease is a serious threat to human health global public health problem. With the development of insulin therapy in diabetes have been widely used, regardless of what type of diabetes, insulin therapy are preferred, especially in some elderly patients need a long stick. but in a clinical Some patients with good adherence can not be regularly followed up with low awareness, high lost about 80% of patients can not adhere to the regular use of insulin therapy, resulting in increased incidence of complications of diabetes. To this end, the author March 2005 -2007 in April in 42 patients in our hospital failed to adhere to the use of insulin therapy