- National Resource Center on Nutrition and Aging
- The National Resource Center on Nutrition and Aging (NRCNA) is hosted by Meals on Wheels America as part of a cooperative agreement with the Administration on Aging. It is designed to assist the national aging network, including local nutrition programs and national associations and state and regional agencies involved with aging, in the implementation of the nutrition portions of the Older Americans Act.
- Roadmap to Community-Integrated Health Care
- The roadmap from NCOA is designed to help aging, public health, and disability professionals make stronger linkages with the health care sector to achieve better health through better care with Chronic Disease Self-Management Education programming.
- Seniors & SNAP Best Practices Handbook (2015)
- This handbook demonstrates best practices for the NCOA’s Senior Hunger Initiative. These practices can be replicated by community-based organizations nationwide to assist seniors with enrollment in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and improve food security.
- Senior SNAP Enrollment Promising Practices (2016)
- This brief from NCOA’s Senior Hunger Initiative summarizes promising practices in outreach, application assistance, and follow-up, and may be replicated by community organizations seeking effective ways to increase senior SNAP enrollment and to alleviate senior hunger.
- Combating Food Insecurity: Tools for Helping Older Americans Access SNAP (2014)
- AARP Foundation, in collaboration with the Food Research and Action Center, created this digital resource hub that provides best practices for connecting older adults to SNAP. It offers tips and examples to help organizations of all sizes address food insecurity in all types of communities.
- Alliance Nutrition Care Model and Toolkit
- This website provides hospital-based resources and tools that offer evidence-based nutrition support for improving patient outcomes and preventing avoidable readmissions.
- Oregon Department of Human Services – Nutrition Program
- This website provides numerous resources related to healthy aging, from nutrition programs to patient education materials to policy-focused documents.
- DETERMINE Checklist
- Implementing Food Security Screening and Referral for Older Patients in Primary Care (2016)
- Aging and Disability Business Institute: Understand the changing healthcare landscape
- Kentucky Dept of Aging
Do you have a new resource that you think should be added to the hub? Send it to us for review at newsletters@ncoa.org.
