In this episode of The Diabetic Mammy Podcast, I explore a conversation we do not have often enough in diabetes care: insulin pumps are not just for children, athletes, or highly “tech-savvy” adults.
Together, we gently rethink who diabetes technology is really for, focusing particularly on older adults living with diabetes, those experiencing frailty, changing memory, arthritis, visual difficulties, or the growing exhaustion that can come with managing insulin over decades.
This episode reflects on how insulin pump therapy can sometimes be less about optimisation and perfect numbers, and far more about preserving dignity, reducing burden, supporting caregivers, and helping people remain safely and independently in the homes they love. We discuss the hidden workload of multiple daily injections, the emotional fear families quietly carry, and why healthcare technology should serve humans through every stage of life, including ageing and overwhelm.
A warm, compassionate episode about widening the diabetes conversation, reducing judgement around technology use, and remembering that support belongs to people of every age and stage of diabetes life.
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