Chronic Disease Management for Older Adults
A special issue of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032). This special issue belongs to the section "Chronic Care".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2025 | Viewed by 616
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to submit a manuscript to Healthcare in the Special Issue entitled “Chronic Disease Management for Older Adults”. It is already scientifically known that there is an increase in the incidence of chronic diseases with advancing age, especially hypertension and diabetes. Conversely, lifestyle changes have been considered the main non-pharmacological approach to prevent or assist the treatment of these diseases. However, the effectiveness of strategies is linked to a complete understanding of the factors leading to the onset of chronic diseases and, mainly, the effect of the interventions on the control of hypertension, for example. A better understanding of these relationships could significantly contribute to a more effective prevention and treatment action and, consequently, provide a better quality of life for older adults.
This Special Issue aims to discuss the management of chronic disease in older adults and how the changes in lifestyle contribute to counteracting these unwanted effects of aging.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Management of chronic disease in older adults, especially hypertension and diabetes;
- Change in lifestyle (healthy diet, physical activity, tobacco consumption, harmful use of alcohol, and excess weight).
I look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Anderson Saranz Zago
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- chronic disease
- hypertension
- diabetes
- quality of life
- aging
- physical exercise
- healthy diet
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