ASSISTANT Minister for Health
and Aged Care, Ken Wyatt, will
attend the Australian Diabetes
Society/Australia Diabetes Educators
Association (ADEA) Annual Scientific
Meeting later this month.
Key issues on the agenda include
caring for older people with
diabetes, the implementation of
the Australian National Diabetes
Strategy 2016-20, as well as the
government’s cornerstone Health
Care Homes initiative.
ASM2016 will also celebrate 35
years of achievement for the ADEA.
In Mar 2016 more than 750,000
Australians with diabetes were
aged 60 years or older, or 63% of
the total patients on the NDSS.
The ASM takes place at the Gold
Coast Convention and Exhibition
Centre 24-26 Aug - more details at
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