Stakeholder-Engaged Precision Health for Longevity and Healthy Aging with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D)

The “Healthy Aging with T1D” project focuses on the growing number of older adults living with Type 1 diabetes and the unique challenges they face as they age. Because people with T1D are living longer than ever, many develop age-related issues such as changes in memory, mobility, vision, dexterity, and other health conditions that make diabetes management more difficult. The project aims to understand these changes more clearly and identify what older adults with T1D need to stay healthy, independent, and safe.

Researchers are using a precision-health, stakeholder-driven approach — meaning they are gathering input directly from older adults with T1D, caregivers, and clinicians to guide the work. Their goal is to develop tools and care strategies that adapt diabetes management to each person’s abilities, technology comfort, lifestyle, and health status. This includes figuring out how best to use devices like CGMs and insulin pumps in older age, how to tailor education and support, and how to prevent complications while maintaining quality of life. The project ultimately hopes to create practical clinical guidance for aging T1Ds that is individualized, safe, and responsive to the realities of aging.

https://diabetesresearchconnection.org/projects/healthy-aging-with-t1d/

Last updated 12/26/2025.