Study to Improve Healthy Eating for At-Risk Older Adults

Boston Medical Center (BMC)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Biometrics

Treatments: Behavioral: Food deliveries

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01846169

HUN-12-2011-004

Details and patient eligibility

About

This application, funded by the American Association of Retired Persons(AARP) Foundation, is to implement the Healthy Eating for at Risk Older Adults (HERO) initiative. This initiative will address barriers of affordability, and reduced mobility by providing older adults with nutritious foods that are usually difficult to purchase due to high cost; delivering needed foods to individuals in their homes; tailoring food delivery frequency based on level of food insecurity; and offering basic nutrition education.

Enrollment: 101 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 55+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 55 years old or older
• if member of Boston Medical Center's Elders Living at Home Program: Not currently homeless and expect to live at current residence or in the area for next 6 months
• if NOT member of Boston Medical Center's Elders Living at Home Program: Not currently homeless, live at public housing development, and plan to live there for at least next 6 months
• Able to understand, speak and read English

Exclusion criteria

• Follows a special diet that cannot be accommodated, as ascertained by clinical judgment of the nurse.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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101 participants in 1 patient group

food deliveries

Experimental group

Description:

After baseline screening, participants receive weekly or bi-weekly food deliveries and brief nutrition education.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Food deliveries