ArticleJournal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society2017
Characteristics of Older Adults on Waiting Lists for Meals on Wheels: Identifying Areas for Intervention.
Article in Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07204444 (Equipping the Aging Network to Address Social Isolation, Loneliness, and Elevated Suicide Risk Among Vulnerable Older Adults), which is not on this map. Cited by 14 papers.
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Equipping the Aging Network to Address Social Isolation, Loneliness, and Elevated Suicide Risk Among Vulnerable Older Adults: A Partially Nested Randomized Controlled Trial of the BE WITH Innovation
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Food Insecurity, Race and Ethnicity, and Cognitive Function Among United States Older Adults.The Journal of nutrition · 2024Article
- Strategies for implementing the interRAI home care frailty scale with home-delivered meal clients.Frontiers in public health · 2023Observational
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- Tracking and treating malnutrition: a retrospective observational study of the nutritional status of vulnerable people accessing a meals-on-wheels (MOW) service.Primary health care research & development · 2020Observational
- Indicators of potential health-related social needs and the association with perceived health and well-being outcomes among community-dwelling medicare beneficiaries.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2020Article
- Characterizing Intervention Opportunities among Home-Delivered Meals Program Participants: Results from the 2017 National Survey of Older Americans Act Participants and a New York City Survey.The Journal of frailty & aging · 2020Article
- Where You Age Matters: Individual- and County-Level Predictors of Formal and Informal Care in Rural Appalachia.Journal of aging and health · 2019Article
- Remain Independence and Neighborhood Social Cohesiveness Among Older Adults Participating in Three Community-Based Programs Promoting Aging-in-Community in the USA.Gerontology & geriatric medicineArticle
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to characterize the population of seniors on Meals on Wheels' (MOW) waiting lists and identify their rate of depression, anxiety, falls, and fear of falling. Data come from surveys of 626 seniors on waiting lists across the country and the 2013 National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS). Results suggest that seniors on waiting lists for MOW were more likely to be widowed, less educated, older, Black, Hispanic, and receive Medicaid than the population of community-dwelling older adults. In addition, 31% of seniors on MOW waiting lists were depressed, compared with 12% of seniors in the national population ( p < .001), and 28% exhibited signs and symptoms of anxiety, compared with 10% of the national population of seniors ( p < .001). Seniors on waiting lists were significantly more likely to have fallen in the last month and be fearful of falling than the national population of seniors ( p < .001). Individuals on MOW waiting lists are a vulnerable and high-risk group. By seeking to better understand clients' needs, appropriate services can be tailored to promote independent living and improve older adults' well-being.
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