Unmet Need for Nutrition-Related Services in Recently Hospital-Discharged Older Adults

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dc.contributor.advisorSahyoun, Nadine Ren_US
dc.contributor.authorVaudin, Anna Margareten_US
dc.contributor.departmentNutritionen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-17T05:35:39Z
dc.date.available2015-07-17T05:35:39Z
dc.date.issued2015en_US
dc.description.abstractOlder adults returning home from the hospital may have disabilities that prevent them from obtaining or preparing adequate nutritious food. Additionally, they may have difficulty identifying their need for or accessing services that could provide support. We aimed to identify the level of unmet need for services that may affect nutritional health in community-dwelling older adults. We also compared the prevalence of perceived need for services with objectively assessed need. We explored the need for home health care, transportation, mental health, oral health, vision, grocery delivery, and physical therapy services in 566 community-dwelling, recently hospital-discharged older adults. Almost half (45.6%) of the sample reported unmet need for at least one service. For each service, there was discrepancy between perceived need and assessed need. By improving the screening of hospital-discharged older adults' needs for nutrition-related services, the healthcare community can improve targeting of services to those with the most nutritional risk.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M2X336
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/16801
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledNutritionen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledAgingen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledAssessmenten_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledCommunity Servicesen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledOlder Adultsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledScreeningen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledTransitional Careen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledUnmet Needen_US
dc.titleUnmet Need for Nutrition-Related Services in Recently Hospital-Discharged Older Adultsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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