This website is the Administration for Community Living COVID-19 Resource Hub. This Resource Hub includes helpful information such as how to stay safe and protect others, how to stay connect and engaged during social distancing, links to state resources, resources…
Toolkit: Making the Case for Nutrition Therapy: The MNT Works for Seniors Toolkit
Hosted by the National Resource Center on Nutrition and Aging and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Senior nutrition programs have a service structure in place and are trusted, proven and valuable partners in the expanding health care market. Congregate…
HCBS Business Acumen Center Toolkit
The HCBS Business Acumen Center and its partners are developing a toolkit to prepare community-based organizations (CBOs) to contract with integrated health care entities and provide tools and resources to help expand the ways CBOs do business. The toolkit is…
Toolkit: Recipe Development Techniques for Memorable and Marketable Meals
Creating Delicious, Healthy, Appealing Meals for Seniors Creating delicious, healthy, appealing meals starts with great recipes. Attendees of this 30-minute webinar discovered best practices for developing and testing recipes, important reminders about food safety, and trends that will make recipes…
Nutrition Assistance Programs: Agencies Could Do More to Help Address the Nutritional Needs of Older Adult
Research shows that nutrition can affect the health outcomes of older adults. Federal nutrition guidelines provide broad guidance for healthy populations, but do not focus on the varying nutritional needs of older adults. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)…
Modifying Your Home for Healthy Aging
Most older adults want to continue living in their homes as they age. Yet many homes often need to be adapted to meet the changing mobility, sensory and cognitive needs of the older adults who live in them. As a…
The Impact of the Opioid Epidemic on the Aging Services Network and the Older Adults They Serve
Read findings from a new survey by NCOA that reveals an untold story about the nation’s opioid epidemic—how the crisis is eroding the quality of life of older adults and the ability of local organizations to serve them. To gain…
Toolkit: Food Safety on the Go
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, over 48 million persons in the United States get sick from foodborne illnesses each year. Age-related changes in how our bodies function can place adults 65 and older at increased risk…
The Older Population in Rural America: 2012-2016
The older population, those aged 65 and older, is distributed across the urban and rural landscapes in ways that help shape this population and the country overall. According to 2012 to 2016 American Community Survey (ACS) data, there were 46.2…
HHS Could Help Rural Service Providers by Centralizing Information on Promising Practices
Why This Matters Rural areas cover the vast majority of the country and tend to be “grayer” than urban areas, with higher percentages of older adults. Many older adults prefer to stay in their homes as they age, but it…
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