September 2, 2026

How Brookdale Can Help With Diabetes Management

About Laura Gooch

Laura Gooch, MFA, is a Content Specialist at Brookdale and a poet. She earned her BA in English from Pace University and an MFA in Creative Writing from Adelphi University. Laura uses her storytelling background to craft engaging blog and social media content. When she's not writing, she's reading voraciously, singing in her car, or spending time with her two wiener dogs.

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As individuals begin to age, chronic condition management can become progressively difficult. Diabetes is a complex condition, and between managing comorbidities and implementing preventive wellness measures, it isn’t always easy to navigate. Brookdale’s communities are here to help support your patient’s well-being, helping them to continue living a full, healthy life while managing their diabetes diagnosis.

Brookdale can act as a vital resource for you as a physician, helping your senior patients manage multiple chronic conditions. In recent years, there’s been a significant increase in the number of older Americans with diabetes, and that number only continues to rise. In 2023, as many as 28.8% of Americans age 65 and older lived with diabetes. Diabetes comes with an increased risk of developing other health issues such as vision impairment, cognitive decline, kidney disease, neuropathy and more. As time goes on, coordinating care for these co-occurring conditions can become challenging for older adults.

Nearly 80% of older adults live with two or more chronic conditions, making coordinated care essential, and it is a vital part of our person-centered care approach. Brookdale’s interdisciplinary teams, integrated services and partnerships with healthcare providers assist person-centered care that allow us to prioritize your patient’s health and empower them to thrive. Our goal is to provide evidence-based support to help residents manage some of the most common chronic conditions while maintaining independence, including:

Diabetes
Heart failure
Pulmonary health
Stroke
Bone and joint health
Wound care
Palliative partnering
Depression
Chronic pain
Parkinson’s disease
Cancer

We understand your patient’s health is your top priority, which is why you can feel confident referring them to Brookdale. Here’s what you can expect for your patient with diabetes if they live in one of our communities:

An individualized care plan designed around your patient’s unique needs. Through our personalized service assessment, we can identify the level of care and services your patient needs. Our assessment takes many things into consideration, including mobility, medications, dietary restrictions and diagnoses. From there, we create a plan built to help support your patient living with diabetes, supporting adherence to individualized care plans and helping patients safely manage their daily health needs. Care plans may include skin checks, pain management, support with diabetes monitoring and coordination with healthcare providers regarding laboratory testing and treatment plans, medication management, specialized diets, exercise plans, access to wound care and more.
A proactive, whole-person approach, integrating lifestyle and wellness interventions alongside physician-directed care into our clinical care plans to help maintain or improve health. These may include exercise, nutrition assistance and spiritual wellness. Our Optimum Life® program helps guide daily life, encouraging residents to engage with the activities and people that make each day meaningful. When coupled with conventional treatments and therapies, the elements of Optimum Life — community and connection, purpose, clinical support, physical wellness and autonomy — help foster healthy aging.
Close communication with physicians and other healthcare providers helps ensure coordinated, comprehensive care. Individualized service plans drive collaborative care reviews and foster strong partnerships between healthcare providers, residents and Brookdale. Additionally, we’re here to help residents meet their goals, maintain independence and avoid unnecessary hospital stays. Brookdale helps provide additional accountability and empowers your patient on their journey to relieving chronic diabetes symptoms.
Routine health assessments and clinical interventions, which are essential for achieving positive health outcomes and helping reduce unnecessary hospital admissions and readmissions. Many diabetes complications are preventable or treatable if caught early enough. Routine monitoring allows us to track changes in a resident’s condition by comparing it to their clinical baseline. This allows us to promptly communicate meaningful changes and coordinate with you about appropriate interventions, such as dietary modifications or medication adjustments.

The Brookdale HealthPlus® Difference

Offered at select communities, Brookdale HealthPlus® is a care coordination program that offers an additional layer of support for your patients. Partnerships between Brookdale, our residents, their families and healthcare providers are a key tenet of the Brookdale HealthPlus program. Each Brookdale HealthPlus community has a dedicated RN Care Manager who advocates for and proactively helps residents manage their health and serves as a clinical liaison between residents, families and healthcare providers. Benefits of Brookdale HealthPlus include access to and coordination of preventive healthcare services and chronic condition management using evidence-based protocols to help avoid unnecessary hospitalizations. Our Brookdale HealthPlus communities also enhance the resident and family experience by helping to coordinate care with providers, manage daily health and facilitate urgent care needs.

Work With Us

Brookdale clinical care teams help bridge care gaps for older adults living with diabetes and other chronic conditions by providing coordinated support between physician visits. We aim to meet residents’ needs wherever they are in their health journey. Our suite of services includes assisted living, Alzheimer’s and dementia care, skilled nursing and access to home health.

Partner with Brookdale to help provide coordinated support for your patients living with diabetes and other chronic conditions. To make a referral, schedule a community visit or learn more about Brookdale HealthPlus, contact us today. We look forward to working together.

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