Meeting the Dietary Needs of Older Adults Exploring the Impact of the Physical, Social, and Cultural Environment: Workshop Summary (2016) / Chapter Skim
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6 Potential Research Priorities and Gaps
6 Potential Research Priorities and Gaps
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She noted that she also completed a project with Meals on Wheels America with funding from an AARP Foundation grant to profile older adults on waiting lists for home-delivered meals, and to study the effectiveness of different meal delivery modalities on clients' outcomes. Currently, she noted that she is leading a study to evaluate the role of home-delivered meals and use of health care.
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Participants is a telephone survey with approximately 6,000 clients of OAA programs. About 1,000 of these older adults receive home-delivered meals and 900 receive congregate meals.
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It also is possible to capture program data at regular intervals. One example she highlighted was North Carolina's Aging and Disability Transit Service, which interviews clients on a regular basis: upon requesting service, beginning service, and annually thereafter.
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Measuring and documenting outcomes will shed light on the unmet needs of older adults who receive these services and improve understanding of the people who are not receiving these services but perhaps could be. Thomas noted that outcomes measurement also provides a better understanding of what types of models work better and for whom.
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Thomas responded that her understanding was the sample sizes for participation in home-delivered meals programs was small and she did not know about data on other programs. She emphasized, though, that the questions on NHANES are good, validated questions and noted that one of the benefits of the senior nutrition programs is socialization and that NHANES does not have data on this.
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• hat is the role of the microbiome? W Food Insecurity Among Older Adults • mportance of acknowledging and understanding the link between food insecu I rity and health outcomes and ultimately health care costs (e.g., chronic disease management)
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Behavioral Economics and Seniors • pportunity to learn more from behavioral economics to improve healthier O eating. • educe the burden of decision making for the older adult population.
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He stated that funding is often an issue and that there are long waiting lists for individuals who could greatly benefit from meals programs, especially those who are physically disabled. Wellman responded that, similar to school populations that participate in free, reduced price, and full price programs, there are adult populations who are willing and able to pay full price for nutritious delivered meals.
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Wellman agreed, noting that transportation is one of the most highly demanded services and that many people do not go to their local community or senior centers because they cannot get there. REFERENCE Thomas, K
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