The Aging and Disability Business Institute at the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a) released a new multi-part Contracting Toolkit designed to help aging and disability community-based organizations (CBOs) navigate the complex terrain of health care contracting. The first part of…
Enhancing Socialization through Making Meaningful Volunteer Connections during COVID-19
Social interaction is essential for physical and mental health and well-being. The health benefits of human social interaction are plentiful; delaying memory loss, improving mood, stimulating appetite, and decreasing mortality. Aging experts have known the value of socialization for a…
The Joy of Cooking and its Benefits for Older Adults
Cooking nutritious meals at home can be a key strategy for healthy eating, particularly in an environment dominated by fast food, carry out, and processed foods. Cooking at home has become especially important during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has forced…
Toolkit: Resuming “New Normal” Operations: A Peer-to Peer Exchange for Senior Nutrition Programs
Senior nutrition programs across the country are transitioning in ways large and small to “new normal” operations as localities and states are reopening to resume economic activity. Implementing “new normal” operations will differ from community to community, particularly along geographic…
Toolkit: The “New Normal” Way of Providing Key Nutrition Services to Seniors
The COVID-19 public health emergency continues to change the ways in which the aging network is meeting the needs of older adults. Over the past several weeks, senior nutrition programs have shown great leadership and innovation as they altered their…
Options for Contracting Meals During COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has created food production challenges for senior nutrition programs across the United States. Congregate meal sites have closed and are no longer able to provide on-site nutritious meals and socialization to older Americans. Displaced congregate attendees have…
Partnering with USDA Programs During COVID-19
Food security/insecurity is a basic social determinant of health. Access to safe, adequate, nutritious, quality food and fluid is essential for life, health, disease risk reduction, and management of chronic disease and conditions. Titles III and VI of the Older…
FAQs – Groceries and OAA Programs
Food insecurity was an issue prior to COVID-19, but it is an even bigger issue during the COVID-19 crisis. Fortunately, all states now have major disaster declarations (MDD) and thus have the authority* to exercise maximum flexibility to feed and…
How Food Insecurity Affects Older Adults
Food insecurity, or having difficulty in accessing food due to a lack of money, affected one in seven older adults aged 50 to 80 in the past year, according to new results from the University of Michigan National Poll on Healthy…
Innovations in the Food System: Exploring the Future of Food: Proceedings of a Workshop
On August 7–8, 2019, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine hosted a public workshop in Washington, DC, to review the status of current and emerging knowledge about innovations for modern food systems and strategies for meeting future needs.…
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