University of Connecticut
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.
The purpose of the research study is to understand the effectiveness of an enhanced Home-Delivered Meals Program (HDMP) on the health-quality of life for older adults. Specifically, the investigators will study the effectiveness of an enhanced HDMP service delivery approach that includes community health worker interactions and supplemental healthy grocery bags to address diet quality, food and nutrition security, loneliness, and health-related quality of life, compared to HDMP only. The research will take place among individuals receiving meals from Meals on Wheels Rhode Island (MOWRI). This…
Inclusion Criteria: * Adults who are eligible for Title III - funded Meals on Wheels assistance * Can read and speak Spanish or English * Are nutritionally at risk as determined by the Nutrition Risk Assessment * Reside in the state of Rhode Island Exclusion Criteria: * Cognitive or physical limitations that prevent an individual from giving consent, as assessed by normal interactions by intake staff or study team * Cognitive or physical limitations that prevent an individual from participating in intervention or evaluation activities, as assessed by normal interactions intake staff or stud…
Delivery of prepared meals compliant with Older Americans Act nutrition programs guidelines
At-home delivery with opportunity for driver observation and interaction
Calls from a certified Community Health Worker (CHW) to assess needs, identify gaps in care and resources, and then support health and resource coordination
Monthly delivery of a grocery bag containing a variety of nutritionally balanced foods and educational materials
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