TY - JOUR
T1 - Meeting Older Adults’ Food Needs
T2 - Interviews with Area Agency on Aging Staff, Food Bank Staff, and Older Adults
AU - Brady, Patrick J.
AU - Askelson, Natoshia M.
AU - Thompson, Helaina
AU - Kersten, Sarah
AU - Hopkins, Haley
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) and food banks provide nutritious food for in-need older adults. The objective of this study was to identify successes, challenges, and opportunities associated with meeting the food needs of older adults. We used semi-structured telephone interviews with AAA nutrition staff (n = 5), food bank program coordinators (n = 5) and executives (n = 6), and older adults (n = 60) in Iowa. AAAs and food banks identified providing healthy food and client satisfaction as successes and funding and staff/volunteer capacity as challenges. Before the pandemic, the relationships between these organizations were limited, but both saw opportunities for collaboration. Older adults described coordination between AAAs and food banks during the COVID-19 crisis. AAAs and food banks play an important role in meeting older adults’ food needs, but their effectiveness is limited by challenges related to funding and capacity. There is a need to identify feasible and sustainable strategies for collaboration past this crisis.
AB - Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) and food banks provide nutritious food for in-need older adults. The objective of this study was to identify successes, challenges, and opportunities associated with meeting the food needs of older adults. We used semi-structured telephone interviews with AAA nutrition staff (n = 5), food bank program coordinators (n = 5) and executives (n = 6), and older adults (n = 60) in Iowa. AAAs and food banks identified providing healthy food and client satisfaction as successes and funding and staff/volunteer capacity as challenges. Before the pandemic, the relationships between these organizations were limited, but both saw opportunities for collaboration. Older adults described coordination between AAAs and food banks during the COVID-19 crisis. AAAs and food banks play an important role in meeting older adults’ food needs, but their effectiveness is limited by challenges related to funding and capacity. There is a need to identify feasible and sustainable strategies for collaboration past this crisis.
KW - Food assistance
KW - food insecurity
KW - older adults
KW - qualitative research
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U2 - 10.1080/21551197.2022.2114569
DO - 10.1080/21551197.2022.2114569
M3 - Article
C2 - 36016490
AN - SCOPUS:85136701036
SN - 2155-1197
VL - 41
SP - 235
EP - 255
JO - Journal of Nutrition in Gerontology and Geriatrics
JF - Journal of Nutrition in Gerontology and Geriatrics
IS - 3
ER -