427. More Than a Meal: Demonstrating Value Through Outcomes Data
427. More Than a Meal: Demonstrating Value Through Outcomes Data
Access to community-based nutrition services significantly contributes to older adults' ability to maintain their health and successfully transition between settings of care.
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Access to community-based nutrition services significantly contributes to older adults' ability to maintain their health and successfully transition between settings of care. There is a need for more research on how these services impact independence. Organizations such as Meals on Wheels are conducting rigorously designed, evidence-based outcomes research to demonstrate the effectiveness and impact of their services.
In this session, participants will hear about research conducted at local and national levels – specifically, research from academic partnerships and Medicare claims datasets – to determine how Meals on Wheels program participation impacts client well-being, outcomes, healthcare utilization and expenditure. Participants will also discuss research opportunities for community-based organizations, and determine how dietitians working with older adults can leverage these research studies to support better coordination and collaboration across the continuum of care.
Discuss the impact of nutrition services like Meals on Wheels, when delivered in a community setting, on health status and healthcare utilization among older adults.
Identify the practice, policy, research and programmatic implications of outcomes research studies fielded in community-based settings, and understand how such research may strengthen the coordination of nutrition care for older adults transitioning from hospital to home.
Discuss how outcomes data can be utilized to build a stronger value proposition for nutrition services, such as Meals on Wheels, delivered in a community setting.