Understanding the role/needs of various decision-makers within specific health care organizations is a critical factor in the development/design of your value proposition proposals to these potential customers. This webinar identified some of the key decision-makers within health care organizations and…
Toolkit: Providing Culturally Inclusive Nutrition Services to Diverse Older Adults
Senior nutrition programs are increasingly charged with meeting the needs of diverse communities. According to federal data, racial and ethnic minority populations served by the Aging Network have increased from 7.5 million (19% of the older adult population) in 2008…
Toolkit: Emerging Learnings About Nutrition Status, COVID-19, and Nutrition Education in Older Adults
The COVID-19 pandemic has proven to be a disruptive force for senior nutrition program providers. However, this disruption provides a great opportunity for learning and advancing innovative practice. Over the course of this year, one of the important opportunities realized…
Social Enterprising Aging Network Example – REAL Grille
This Promising Practice from the Network brief describes the REAL Grille, a social enterprise business of REAL Services, operated by Real Services Area Agency on Aging. Located in South Bend, Illinois, the REAL Grill is one of several social enterprise…
Building a More Sustainable, Resilient, Equitable, and Nourishing Food System: Proceedings of a Workshop
On July 22-23, 2020, the Food Forum of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine hosted a virtual workshop that explored the integration of the health, societal, economic, and environmental effects and future needs of the food system. The…
2020 Older Americans Key Indicators of Well-Being
In October, the Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics released Older Americans 2020: Key Indicators of Well-being. Using official statistics from federal agencies, including NIA, the report identifies and updates 40 indicators that depict the well-being of older Americans in the…
Toolkit: Technical Assistance and Training Needs Assessment Survey: Insights Gleaned & Next Steps
The need for a successful and sustainable business environment for senior nutrition program professionals has been evolving rapidly in recent years. More and more, particularly with the onset of the COVID-19 public health emergency, a strong business acumen is necessary…
Caregivers in Crisis: Caregiving in the time of COVID-19
The Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving (RCI) undertook a study of caregiving in the time of COVID19 with the support of the Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation. The impetus for this study was a steady stream of informal reports from the…
Piece of the Pie: Making The Business Case for Nutrition Services – Business Acumen Skills and Resources
The purpose of this tip sheet is to showcase the range of resources available across the national aging services landscape to support senior nutrition programs seeking to develop or strengthen their internal and external business-related skills and processes.…
ADvancing States Resources
Thank you to all of the states and organizations who have responded with activities, ideas, and actions taken to address social isolation for older adults during the COVID-19 crisis. The following document combines responses received thus far. Please continue to…
Nutrition Initiatives During COVID-19: Findings from State Aging and Disability Agencies
During the COVID-19 pandemic, health risks and financial burdens for certain at-risk populations can make access to food challenging. This issue brief explores the adjustments that states have made to nutrition programs. The brief highlights examples of opportunities available and…
The Pandemic Effect: A Social Isolation Report
Social isolation is a public health crisis. Social isolation is defined as an absence of meaningful social relationships. Studies have found the health risks of social isolation can be more harmful than obesity, and prolonged isolation is equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes a day. In a…
2020 Summer Virtual Learning Series: The Power of Partnerships to Drive Senior Nutrition COVID-19 Response and Recovery
Hosted by Meals on Wheels America Looking for past years? View Archives > Senior nutrition program providers have admirably risen to meet the challenges brought on by the COVID-19 public health emergency. Critical to these efforts has been the ability…
Business Acumen Example: Jesse Hill Market Initiative
Jesse Hill Market as a collaborative partnership model that can be scaled across the nation so that all Americans, regardless of zip code or socioeconomic status, can make choices that lead to healthy and hope-filled lives. This initiative by Grady…
Toolkit: Power of Partnerships Summer 2020 Virtual Learning Webinar Series
Senior nutrition program providers have admirably risen to meet the challenges brought on by the COVID-19 public health emergency. Critical to these efforts has been the ability to leverage existing relationships with key stakeholders (i.e., restaurants, food system partners, technology…
Not Enough to Eat: COVID-19 Deepens America’s Hunger Crisis
Prior to COVID-19, even in the midst of a strong economy with a record streak of job growth and low unemployment rates, in 2018 nearly 8 million (4 percent) American adults reported that members of their households sometimes or often…
Household Food Security in the United States in 2019
Most U.S. households have consistent, dependable access to enough food for active, healthy living—they are food secure. However, some households experience food insecurity at times during the year, meaning their access to adequate food is limited by a lack of…
Evaluation of Senior Community Centers in Rural and Urban Pennsylvania
This research examined senior community centers in Pennsylvania to analyze challenges and opportunities that these centers face in providing services to a growing senior population. Specifically, the research: created an inventory of Pennsylvania’s rural and urban senior community center (SCC)…
City of Los Angeles Free Virtual Social Club
The Los Angeles Department of Aging and Element3 Health jointly announced the launch of the End Loneliness Initiative, a collaboration aimed at curtailing the rise of social isolation and loneliness in older adults during COVID-19 Safer at Home measures. The…
Health Well-Being Social Connections
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, social isolation was already affecting older adults at a rate higher than other populations. Twenty-five percent of community-dwelling Americans age 65 years and older are considered socially isolated, and a significant number of adults in…
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