12. Older Adults: Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes-2021

The American Diabetes Association (ADA) Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes includes the ADA's current clinical practice recommendations and is intended to provide the components of diabetes care, general treatment goals and guidelines, and tools to evaluate quality of care. Members of the ADA Professional Practice Committee, a multidisciplinary expert committee (https://doi.org/10.2337/dc21-SPPC), are responsible for updating the Standards of Care annually, or more frequently as warranted. For a detailed description of ADA standards, statements, and reports, as well as the evidencegrading system for ADA's clinical practice recommendations, please refer to the Standards of Care Introduction (https://doi.org/10.2337/dc21-SINT). Readers who wish to comment on the Standards of Care are invited to do so at professional.diabetes.org/SOC.

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The American Diabetes Association's Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes provides clinical practice recommendations, components of care, treatment goals, and tools for evaluating quality of care. The ADA Professional Practice Committee is responsible for regularly updating the standards, and readers can provide feedback at a designated website.