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Evaluating an Enhanced Home-delivered Meal Program on Older Adults' Health and Well-being
Sponsor: University of Connecticut
Summary
Meals on Wheels of Rhode Island (MOWRI), in partnership with the University of Connecticut (UConn), will implement and evaluate an enhanced version of its Home-Delivered Meals Program (HDMP). The project goal is to implement and test the effectiveness of an enhanced Home-Delivered Meals (HDM) service delivery approach. The enhanced approach includes community health worker (CHW) interactions and supplemental healthy grocery bags to address diet quality, food and nutrition security, loneliness, and health-related quality of life for older adults. MOWRI participants at the highest nutritional risk will be randomized to receive standard or enhanced services in order to test the effect of the intervention on health-related outcomes. Anticipated outcomes for individuals receiving enhanced services are improvements in measures of diet quality, food and nutrition security, loneliness, and health-related quality of life compared with those receiving standard HDM services.
Official title: Evaluating the Impact and Sustainability of Enhanced Home-delivered Meal Program Services on Older Adults' Health and Well-being
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
60 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
1640
Start Date
2024-06-20
Completion Date
2028-04-30
Last Updated
2025-12-16
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
Home-delivered meals
Delivery of prepared meals compliant with Older Americans Act nutrition programs guidelines
Wellness check and socialization visit
At-home delivery with opportunity for driver observation and interaction
Community Health Worker calls
Calls from a certified Community Health Worker (CHW) to assess needs, identify gaps in care and resources, and then support health and resource coordination
Supplemental grocery bag
Monthly delivery of a grocery bag containing a variety of nutritionally balanced foods and educational materials
Locations (1)
University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut, United States