Locate a healthcare administration position that you aspire to gain or use your current employment. Now imagine, you are tasked with increasing success for a diabetes prevention program in your organization. The board of directors have asked you to provide a report that helps them understand the needs of new patients and staff to ensure this is a success full process. Use the knowledge based upon what you learned in the previous 4 modules and throughout your program to write an essay that addresses the following: 1. Provide an overview of the diabetes with respect to a selected population. For example, if your desire to work with the elderly focus your background information on this group. 1. Provide national, and state level epidemiological information that includes prevalence and incidence rates. 2. Assess the economic, political, and organizational foundations of the U.S. Healthcare systems and how they relate to diabetes. The 2nd half of your paper will focus on your particular group; Meeting the needs of our Patients and Staff 1. Create a quantitative (survey) or qualitative (interview) survey to ask patients and staff regarding their needs and success of the program. 2. Identify a strategy to gather your information. How do you plan on evaluating if patients are satisfied and staff have what they need? 3. In examining the data you notice the diabetes program is not doing well and feel that it is missing a crucial component-- based on theory. Select an organizational or behavioral theory and discuss how it will be used to enhance the current program. What components of the theory will you incorporate and how? 4. Finish this by stating the role and responsibilities healthcare administrators have in the healthcare profession.

Improving the Success of a Diabetes Prevention Intervention Program by Addressing the Needs of the Elderly Patients and Staff Name: Institution: Course: Instructor: Date: Improving the Success of a Diabetes Prevention Intervention Program by Addressing the Needs of the Elderly Patients and Staff Introduction Diabetes mellitus (D.M.) is a growing global public health issue, with elderly persons being at more risk due to their age, which predisposes them to health risks. Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease with high blood sugar and glycated hemoglobin (Mendola et al., 2018). Diabetes mellitus among the elderly is a major concern not only in developed countries but also in developing countries. The elderly comprise individuals above 65 (Mendola et al., 2018). Some statistics reveal that 8 in 10 elderly persons have Diabetes. Complications and co-morbidities as a result of Diabetes are more common among the elderly compared to the young population. Some barriers to treatment among the elderly have been reported, which include depression, memory loss, and the different types of handicaps, for instance, visual and physical (Mendola et al., 2018). The barriers necessitated the introduction of the categorization of elderly diabetic patients into the fit and independent elderly persons that are similar to the young persons and the other category referred to as the fragile or frail elderly patients. The categorization of elderly patients allows for individualized treatment plans to ensure effectiveness. Fragile elderly patients, for instance, need individualized physical activity, diet, and treatment plans based on the cognition level and presence of other co-morbidities. The fundamental rule for elderly diabetic patients is to 'individualize and go slowly.' Approximately 33% of the elderly population in the United States have Diabetes. Scientifically, this population is more likely to develop Diabetes due to low immunity (Milanesi et al., 2015). Additionally, the elderly are more prone to complications resulting from poor management of Diabetes. The most common diabetes complications are hypoglycemia, cardiovascular disease, and kidney failure. According to research by Milanesi et al. (2015), the elderly are more predisposed to Diabetes because of some factors like behavior, aging, genetic makeup, and lifestyle. The high diabetes prevalence and incidence among the elderly population necessitates the urgency of effective and efficient diabetes prevention measures. The adage goes, 'Prevention is better than cure'. Prevention reduces the burden to individuals and also to the government. Therefore, the benefits of diabetes prevention cannot be underestimated. The purpose of this report is the successful implementation of diabetes prevention measures targeting the elderly population. The national and state-level epidemiological information that includes prevalence and incidence rates of Diabetes Mellitus among the elderly The prevalence and incidence of Diabetes have been continuously growing globally in all populations, though higher rates among the elderly. Approximately 38 million persons in the United States have Diabetes, which represents 11.6% of the total population (Caspersen et al., 2012). The total diabetic population is composed of both the diagnosed and undiagnosed population. About 30 million of the total diabetes cases are diagnosed cases, while 8 million are undiagnosed cases (Caspersen et al., 2012). Additionally, approximately 97 million adults have prediabetes, which makes up 38% of the adult population in the United States (Menke et al., 2015). Specifically to the elderly population, nearly 27 million older adults have prediabetes in the United States. The incidence of Diabetes among the total population was 6.9 per 1000 persons and 8.8 per 1000 elderly persons. The trend proves a higher incidence rate of Diabetes among the elderly (Menke et al., 2015). Assessing the Economic, Political, and Organizational Foundations of the U.S. Healthcare systems and how they relate to Diabetes Accessibility of healthcare services among diabetic elderly patients is very pivotal. Accessibility is majorly affected by economic factors, including the cost of healthcare services, insurance, and support groups (Engelgau et al., 2004). Diabetes treatment options tend to be expensive; therefore, the high trea...