Background: Diabetes causes physical and psychological impact on the patient and affects the quality of life, but also a heavy burden on health care. Purposes: To investigate the demographic characteristics, diseased condition, medical resources for senior patients with type II diabetes self-care at home. Methods: a cross - sectional study was used, random samples taken from a community in northern Taiwan’s seniors with type II diabetes, totaling 92 people. The questionnaire contains basic information and Summary of Diabetes Self-Care Activity Questionnaire (SDSCA) in two parts. Results: Diabetes self-care in the score with the highest average score of foot care (5.83), followed by selfcare activities 2.71; age and self-care activities, self-care recommendations, compliance with drug use had significant difference ( p ＜.05); occupation, marital status, place of origin, and who lives with the subject, income and foot care have significant differences ( p ＜.05); the presence or absence of diabetes complications, foot complications, other complications with self-care and self-care activities and recommendations there was a significant difference ( p ＜.05).Health education and self-care activities in time have significant differences; there are significant differences between treatment and self-care recommendations; diabetes had received health education, health teaching time have significant differences ( p ＜.05) with drug use and pedicure. Conclusions: good diabetes self-care activities, such as diet, regular exercise, weight loss, blood glucose selfmonitoring and drug therapy, can indeed stabilize blood sugar, maintain quality of life.