The healthcare system is in transition from more is better, to better is better; from organizational incentive to system incentive; and from “my patient” to “our population.” This transition amplifies the need to strengthen a network of multiple provider types,…
Toolkit: Food Is Medicine
For years, Harvard Law School’s Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation (CHLPI) has worked with food and nutrition service providers to make the case that food is medicine and should be an important part of our nation’s healthcare. Join us for…
The Food is Medicine Advocacy Toolkit
God’s Love We Deliver recently partnered with the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation at Harvard Law School to publish The Food is Medicine Advocacy Toolkit. This toolkit is designed to support the efforts of food and nutrition services…
Toolkit: The Nutrition Screening Initiative’s DETERMINE CHECKLIST and Senior Malnutrition
Using the questions on the DETERMINE Nutritional Health checklist the Older Americans Act Nutrition Programs identified over 700,000 older adults who were at high nutrition risk in one year. The checklist identifies non-institutionalized older persons at risk for low nutrient…
Status of Hispanic Older Adults: Insights from the Field
The National Hispanic Council on Aging (NHCOA) released a new field report on the status of Hispanic older adults in the United States. The report contains a literature review of the current data on the status of this population, feedback…
Combating Senior Hunger: Malnutrition Awareness Week
Blog Excerpt Senior Malnutrition in our country is an epidemic hiding in plain sight. It is estimated that almost 50 percent of older Americans are malnourished. During Malnutrition Awareness week let’s commit to ending this problem. Many inter-related factors can…
2016 Pre-Conference Workshop – Hosted by Meals on Wheels America
Looking for 2015 Pre-Conference Workshop? Click here. Looking for 2014 Pre-Conference Workshop? Click here. Healthcare Integration 101: Payers, Players and Opportunities WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS The goal of this Workshop was to explore and discuss opportunities for home and community-based services (HCBS)…
Final 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans
On January 7, 2016 – the federal government published its latest recommendations intended to shape people’s diets based on the latest research – The Dietary Guidelines for Americans: 2015-2020. The guidelines form the basis for all federal nutrition policies, including the National…
Nutrition to Reduce Hospital Admissions for Older Adults
Over the past several years there has been continued focus on reducing the number of patients being readmitted to a hospital once they have been discharged. Many factors are involved, and both acute and post-acute providers are paying close attention…
Informing Strategies to End Senior Hunger in Native Communities
First Nations is deeply committed to assisting tribes and Native organizations in their ongoing efforts to end senior hunger. As of 2012, there were approximately 410,000 tribal elders age 65 and older in Indian Country. This number is expected to…
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