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POLICY SERIES: POLICY UPDATE: OLDER ADULT NUTRITION AND MALNUTRITION

This symposium will provide an update on older adult nutrition policy, including background on the issues of older adult malnutrition and food insecurity. The federal policy update will include discussion of the Older Americans Act nutrition programs and their reauthorization progress, older adult p...

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Autores principales: Whitmire, Meredith, Blancato, Robert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6841023/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.258
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Sumario:This symposium will provide an update on older adult nutrition policy, including background on the issues of older adult malnutrition and food insecurity. The federal policy update will include discussion of the Older Americans Act nutrition programs and their reauthorization progress, older adult programs under the US Department of Agriculture, and advances in nutrition services being made in healthcare programs such as Medicare Advantage and managed long-term care services and supports. It will also discuss funding for federal older adult nutrition programs and their sustainability moving forward.