Hunger and Nutrition: Challenges to Older Americans' Health : Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Human Services of the Select Committee on Aging, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, Second Session, May 21, 1992, Volume 4; Volume 89U.S. Government Printing Office, 1992 - 317 pages |
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Administration on Aging AMERICAN DIETETIC ASSOCIATION Balsam benefit Body Mass Index centers Chairman Checklist clients clinical commodities congregate meals cost per meal DELAURO delivered meals program dietary disease donation DOWNEY economic need Elderly Nutrition Program Elderly Nutrition Projects elderly persons elders in greatest eligible ethnic meals federal food and nutrition Food Stamp Program funding greatest social groups home delivered meals homebound homeless HORNSBY households identify important income increased innovation in Elderly intake intervention issue Level I Screen LILJA low-income elderly malnutrition Massachusetts Meals on Wheels million minority elders NAMP National Association Nutrition Project Directors Nutrition Screening Initiative nutrition services nutritional health nutritional needs nutritional risk obesity older adults Older Americans Act older persons option outreach participants percent poor nutritional status population Posner Project Bread Region seniors service area service innovations Subcommittee TABLE target Thrifty Food Title U.S. Congress USDA variables Washington weekend yes/no
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Page 143 - Do you prefer to stay at home, rather than going out and doing new things? yes/no 1 3. Do you frequently worry about the future? yes/no 14. Do you feel you have more problems with memory than most?
Page 145 - I don't get irritated at all by the things that used to irritate me. 12. 0 I have not lost interest in other people. 1 I am less interested in other people than I used to be. 2 I have lost most of my interest in other people.
Page 143 - No" 22. Do you feel that your situation is hopeless? Yes No 23. Do you think that most people are better off than you are? Yes No 24. Do you frequently get upset over little things? Yes No 25. Do you frequently feel like crying? Yes No 26. Do you have trouble concentrating?
Page 129 - Bring in this checklist the next time you see your doctor, dietitian or other qualified health or social service professional. Talk with them about any problems you may have. Ask for help to improve your nutritional health.
Page 151 - MEDICINES Many older Americans must take medicines for health problems. Almost half of older Americans take multiple medicines daily. Growing old may change the way we respond to drugs. The more medicines you take, the greater the chance for side effects such as increased or decreased appetite, change in taste, constipation, weakness, drowsiness, diarrhea, nausea, and others. Vitamins or minerals when taken in large doses act like drugs and can cause harm. Alert your doctor to everything you take.
Page 129 - I have an illness or condition that made me change the kind and/or amount of food I eat.
Page 44 - I would like to thank you, Mr. Chairman, and the other members of the Subcommittee, for inviting me here today to testify concerning the important issue of hunger and nutrition among the elderly.
Page 145 - Circle the number beside the statement you picked. If several statements in the group seem to apply equally well, circle each one. Be sure to read all the statements in each group before making your choice. 1.
Page 142 - Give the patient a piece of plain blank paper and repeat the command. Score 1 point for each part correctly executed. Reading: On a blank piece of paper print the sentence "Close your eyes", in letters large enough for the patient to see clearly.
Page 151 - Any disease, illness or chronic condition which causes you to change the way you eat. or makes it hard for you to eat, puts your nutritional health at risk. Four out of five adults have chronic diseases that are affected by diet. Confusion or memory loss that keeps getting worse is estimated to affect one out of five older adults This can make it hard to remember what, when or if you've eaten.