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Older Americans Act nutrition programs
— a community-based nutrition program helping older adults remain at home | | Author(s) | Jean L Lloyd, Nancy S Wellman |
| Journal title | Journal of Nutrition in Gerontology and Geriatrics, vol 34, no 2, April-June 2015 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, April-June 2015 |
| Pages | pp 90-109 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Nutrition ; Malnutrition ; Meals on wheels ; Luncheon clubs ; Living in the community ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Nutrition interventions are important as the older population, most of whom live in the community, increases in size and diversity. They are key to leading a healthy, functional life and mitigating chronic health conditions. The Older Americans Act Nutrition Program served 86.3 million congregate and 137.4 million home-delivered meals to 1.6 million and 850,000 older adults, respectively (2012). Congregate and home-delivered participants were older, poorer, sicker, more functionally impaired, and at a greater risk of institutionalisation than the general U.S. older population. The Nutrition Program is publicly and privately funded. About 44% of congregate and 30% of home-delivered expenditures are from federal sources, which dropped from $25 per older adult in 1990 to $12 in 2013. Despite multiple funding sources, funding is insufficient for the expanding older population. Health, nutrition, and social service professionals need to coordinate their community-based services to truly help older adults remain in their homes. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150724206 A |
| Classmark | CF: CSM: NS: NRA: K4: 7T |
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