Meeting Older Adults' Food Needs: Interviews with Area Agency on Aging Staff, Food Bank Staff, and Older Adults

Patrick J. Brady; Natoshia M. Askelson; Helaina Thompson; Sarah Kersten; Haley Hopkins

doi:10.1080/21551197.2022.2114569

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Meeting Older Adults' Food Needs: Interviews with Area Agency on Aging Staff, Food Bank Staff, and Older Adults

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Meeting Older Adults' Food Needs: Interviews with Area Agency on Aging Staff, Food Bank Staff, and Older Adults

Patrick J. Brady, Natoshia M. Askelson, Helaina Thompson, Sarah Kersten and Haley Hopkins

Journal of nutrition in gerontology and geriatrics, Vol.ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), pp.1-21

08/24/2022

DOI: 10.1080/21551197.2022.2114569

PMCID: PMC9679729

PMID: 36016490

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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.

Food assistance

food insecurity

older adults

qualitative research

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Title: Subtitle: Meeting Older Adults' Food Needs: Interviews with Area Agency on Aging Staff, Food Bank Staff, and Older Adults
Creators: Patrick J. Brady - University of Minnesota
Natoshia M. Askelson - University of Iowa
Helaina Thompson - Department of Community and Behavioral Health, University of Iowa College of Public Health
Sarah Kersten - Department of Community and Behavioral Health, University of Iowa College of Public Health
Haley Hopkins - Iowa Department of Public Health
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of nutrition in gerontology and geriatrics, Vol.ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), pp.1-21
DOI: 10.1080/21551197.2022.2114569
PMID: 36016490
PMCID: PMC9679729
NLM abbreviation: J Nutr Gerontol Geriatr
ISSN: 2155-1197
eISSN: 2155-1200
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Grant note: DOI: 10.13039/100000199, name: USDA's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program–SNAP; DOI: 10.13039/100008944, name: Iowa Department of Public Health; DOI: 10.13039/100008893, name: University of Iowa; name: Iowa Department of Human Services, award: 5880NU29, T32DK083250; DOI: 10.13039/100000062, name: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; DOI: 10.13039/100000062, name: NIDDK; DOI: 10.13039/100000002, name: National Institutes of Health
Language: English
Electronic publication date: 08/24/2022
Academic Unit: Epidemiology; Injury Prevention Research Center; Public Policy Center (Archive); Community and Behavioral Health
Record Identifier: 9984286060202771

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