Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center 8/23/2012 Nutrition and Healthy Aging in the Community Workshop, October 5-6, 2011 Food and Nutrition Board Institute of Medicine Please see Workshop Summary for list of participants and sponsors August 23, 2012 Gordon L. Jensen, MD, PhD Professor and Head of Department of Nutritional Sciences Pennsylvania State University Where are we today? • IOM report in 2000 highlighted nutrition priorities for enhanced coverage for Medicare beneficiaries and coordination of nutrition services in the community setting. • Little progress has been made in meeting identified priorities over past decade. 1
Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center 8/23/2012 Nutrition and Healthy Aging in the Community Workshop • Therefore IOM convened a new public workshop to illuminate concerns related to community-based delivery of nutrition services and to identify nutrition interventions and model programs that promote: – Successful transitions to home from acute, sub- acute, and chronic care. – Health and independent living in the community. Workshop Highlights – Interventions - educate RD ’ s, multidisciplinary • Priorities collaboration, integrate nutrition with other services along the care continuum to encompass key transitions – Research – screening and assessment methods, refine outcome measures, better understand nutrient requirements, use of fortified foods and supplements, interplay of nutrition and cognition, improved communication and education techniques for older persons and caregivers, growing impact of obesity and associated disorders, and role of food insecurity 2
Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center 8/23/2012 How do we move forward? • Resources likely to be limited • Look for innovative efficiencies and biggest “ bang for • Broad stakeholder participation needed the buck ” • Who is at risk for adverse outcomes? • More importantly, who can we help? • How do we keep older persons healthy and living independently in the community setting? 3
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