In the future, more care for elderly people will be transferred from specialist to primary care in the Norwegian health care services .
Patients who live at home reeive follow-up care from the district nursing service.
Several studies show that nurses ’knowledge concerning diabetes and its care is inadequate .
Further, evidence indicates that diabetes training for community-based health care professionals signifi cantly improves the metabolic control and quality of life of people with diabetes and that good diabetes management can prevent or delay the development of diabetes-related complications .