Thursday, October 23, 2025
Day 1 Programming (virtual participation only):
Diabetes Management in Living Environments Beyond Patients’ Homes (Rehabilitation Facilities, Assisted Living Facilities, Long Term Care Facilities)
Session 1: Current guidelines on management of diabetes beyond patients’ homes: What are the knowledge and care gaps?
Session 2: Important comorbidities and conditions that impact medication choices in living environments beyond patients’ homes
Session 3: Optimizing diabetes technology use beyond patients’ homes: Clinical, administrative, and regulatory gaps.
Session 4: Education and training strategies around diabetes technology use for clinicians and staff working in facilities beyond patients’ homes
Session 5: Patient and caregiver perspective: What is needed to improve caregiver stress and quality of life with the use of diabetes technology.
Session 6: Exciting developments and future pipelines: Important short-term and long-term research questions and discussion about barriers in doing research in facilities

Day 1 Dinner reception & hands-on session (open to all attendees):
Review the newest diabetes technology and have the opportunity to wear some of the devices, interact with industry partners, and learn how to prescribe and use them.

Friday, October 24, 2025
Day 2 Programming (option of virtual or in person participation):
Education Day: Diabetes Management in the Older Population
MORNING SESSIONS: Understanding the unique characteristics of the older population
Session 1: Unique characteristics and clinical presentations of older adults with diabetes: The importance of identifying frailty and geriatric syndrome
Session 2: Hands on training on approach to physical exam in an older adult with diabetes
Session 3: Medication management in older adults with diabetes: Case-based discussion for prescribing medications based on comorbidities in older adults with diabetes
Session 4: Realignment of treatment strategies for de-intensification in older adults with diabetes
Session 5: Ask Me! Appreciating the experience of older adults living with diabetes
AFTERNOON SESSIONS: Use of diabetes technology in the older population
Session 6: Use of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) in the aging population
Session 7: Use of insulin pump and automated insulin delivery systems (AID) in the aging population
Session 8: Hands on training on using technology with physical barriers encountered by older adults with diabetes
Closing: Download and analyze data from the wearable devices from Day 1. Learners will also discuss how to troubleshoot common diabetes technology problems