Abstract Text Objectives: To prospectively examine the relationships among nutritional status, physical limitation, and disability among participants in the home-delivered nutrition program, we developed a partnership with four community-based nutrition service providers and a methodology for the in-home administration of a multi-component assessment. Methods: We describe the exclusion criteria and recruitment of 360 older adults from a random sample of 1,866 participants (40% Black and 70% female) in four home-delivered nutrition programs. The extensive in-home assessment included anthropometrics, health-related behaviors, self-rated health and function, stress events, living environment, burden of disease, falls, income adequacy, oral status, food security, nutrition-related physical tasks, depressive symptoms, social network and support, medications and medication self-management, Activities of Daily Living, Instrumental Activities of Daily Living, self-coping strategies, seven tests of physical performance, and dietary intake. Results: Participation rate and comparisons between participants and non-participants (demographics, nutritional risk, ADL, and IADL) are reported, along with reasons for exclusion and refusal. All participants completed the baseline in-home assessment and three multiple-pass dietary recalls (1 face-to-face and 2 telephone-administered). Administration time, which was maintained for each of the in-home assessment components for all participants, is provided. Conclusions: This demonstrates the feasibility of developing a research partnership with community-based nutrition service providers for conducting an in-home assessment of nutritional status and functional capacity in a large sample of home-delivered nutrition participants. This will help nutrition service providers develop performance measures, nutrition policy, and nutrition-related programs that will benefit the older adults they serve.
Learning Objectives: To describe the methodology for a prospective, in-home assessment of nutrition and functional capacity among older adults who receive home-delivered nutrition service.
Keywords: Community-Based Care, Elderly
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