News Updates and Real Voices on Aging with Type 1 Diabetes and Updates from the World of Diabetes at Large
There’s power in storytelling and sharing, especially when it comes to navigating the ups and downs of aging with Type 1 diabetes.
In this section, you’ll find real-life experiences from people who have lived with T1D for decades. Their stories offer insight, comfort, laughter, and sometimes hard-won wisdom. Whether you’re looking for practical tips, a sense of connection, or simply the reassurance that someone else gets it, these shared journeys remind us that we’re stronger together. Every story matters—and yours does, too.
If you’d like to share your adventures and challenges, we welcome your journey! Please contact us and we’ll follow up with you.
Here you’ll also find updates from the world relevant to Type 1 Diabetics including in science, technology, publications, research, and more. Keep up to date with this section so you can stay up to date and the best advocate for yourself.
A Negative Attitude Towards Aging is Making You Age Faster
A growing body of research shows that how we think about aging can directly impact how well we age. Studies have found that people who hold negative beliefs about getting older tend to experience faster physical, mental, and cognitive decline. In contrast, those with more positive attitudes toward aging are more likely to stay active, eat well, and maintain better overall health outcomes.
Interview: What’s it Like When Your Partner Has Type 1 Diabetes Too? For This Couple it’s Pretty Darn Sweet.
My curiosity before our talk was “Is it helpful to have a spouse or partner who also has type 1 diabetes, or is it a burden?” There are 88 years of combined experience living with T1D in the Cooke/Madden household—and a lot of love, support, humor and pump supplies. You’ll learn just how much diabetes is a strength in this marriage and what, based on this union, John said a few days later when asked, “If there were a stem cell cure without need for immunosuppressants would you take it?” When it came to John’s turn he answered, “Only if my wife did it. I wouldn’t want to do it unless she wanted to do it.”
Webinar: Memory Health in Older Adults with Type 1 Diabetes: A Conversation with Nancy Allen, MS Care Clinical Nurse Specialist, University of Utah College of Nursing
What’s normal aging… and what’s something more? Join us for an important conversation with Nancy A. Allen as we explore memory health in older adults living with Type 1 diabetes — and what you can actually do about it. You’ll learn how to recognize warning signs, understand how blood sugar and lifestyle impact brain health, and identify conditions that can mimic dementia — some of which may be treatable or even reversible. This isn’t about fear — it’s about clarity, confidence, and knowing your next step.
Looking for a Hospital-at-Home Partner? Here’s What to Know
Companies and health systems are offering hospital-at-home services, but before committing to any one, here are a few things you should know.
Webinar: New Paths Towards a Cure for Type 1 Diabetes presented by Dr. Leonardo Ferreira
What if the future of Type 1 diabetes included restoring the body’s ability to make insulin again? Join us for a conversation with Dr. Leonardo Ferreira as we explore promising research on beta cell replacement and what it could mean for people living with T1D — now and in the future. This is not a heavy science lecture — it’s a chance to understand the big ideas, ask questions, and be part of the conversation.
Gluroo: Comprehensive T1D Support to Simplify Management
SAVE THE DATE! March 3rd, 5pm PT/8pm ET. Let’s learn about Gluroo with Greg Badros, founder and father of person with T1D. This event will allow for Q&A, and will be recorded and available on our YouTube channel.
Wellness Wednesday with AARP Senior Planet – Getting to Know Diabetes And How We Age With It
SAVE THE DATE! March 4th, 10:30am PT/1:30pm ET. Wellness Wednesday with AARP Senior Planet Presents “Getting to Know Diabetes – And How We Age With It” (as part of the Lunch and Learn series). Featuring Julia Blanchette, PhD, RN, BC-ADM, CDCES, FADCES, Joanne Milo (T1Dto100), and Laurie Harper (T1Dto100).
The Wit and Wisdom of Fran Carpentier: 57 Years with Type 1 Diabetes
“I think that my first husband felt that I made life hard for us. I couldn’t be as spontaneous as he probably wanted me to be. You know this was pre-insulin pumps and CGMs. We were young, he wanted to go out and do things and I felt I had to do things a certain way to keep my sugar really well-controlled. I think I’m the most fun person in the room, but he felt that I was a wet blanket. There was probably truth to it forty years ago. Today, technology has freed up life for us T1Ds. Of course that freedom means relying on all manner of medical apparatus and being visible about it.”
Museum curator, 77, Learns Gen Z (AAVE) Slang and Goes Viral: “Honestly, she ate.”
The National Gallery of Art’s deputy head of sculpture stepped behind a 16th-century urn and began to describe it to the camera. “Chat, I’m about to buss it down Roman Empire style,” said Alison Luchs, 77, using Gen Z slang she recently learned. “Haters will say this urn is mid, but they don’t know we’ve clocked its tea.”
Aging with T1D: In Living Color
Haidee Merrit is a New Hampshire-based artist best known in theT1D community as a cartoonist whose three books of diabetes-themed cartoons and illustrations share a humorous, and often edgy, take on life as a type one. She is also a colorful artist whose works are vibrant and lively, often featuring vividly detailed insects or splashy abstract landscapes. She met with us at T1Dto100 to talk about what led her to her specific art forms and her philosophy about living with T1D.