Kali S Thomas, Jen Bunker, Emily Gadbois, Michelle Hilgeman, Ellen McCreedy, Whitney Mills, Katherine A Ornstein, Jennifer Reckrey, Roee Gutman
IMPORTANCE: Home-delivered meals promote food security and independence among homebound older adults. However, it is unclear which of the 2 predominant modes of meal delivery, daily-delivered vs mailed (or drop-shipped) frozen meals, promotes community living for homebound older adults with dementia. OBJECTIVE: To assess the risk of nursing home admission within 6 months between homebound individuals receiving daily-delivered vs drop-shipped frozen meals. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: This pilot, multisite, 2-arm, pragmatic clinical trial included older adults with self-reported dementia on waiting lists for meals at 3 Meals on Wheels (MOW) programs in Texas and Florida between April 7 and October 8, 2021, to assess time to nursing home placement...
December 1, 2023: JAMA Network Open