Healthy Eating for At-Risk Older Adults (HERO)
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Biometrics
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
- Enrollment
- 101
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- body composition
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 11 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
This application, funded by the American Association of Retired Persons(AARP) Foundation, is to implement the Healthy Eating for at Risk Older Adults (HERO) initiative. This initiative will address barriers of affordability, and reduced mobility by providing older adults with nutritious foods that are usually difficult to purchase due to high cost; delivering needed foods to individuals in their homes; tailoring food delivery frequency based on level of food insecurity; and offering basic nutrition education.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •55 years old or older
- •if member of Boston Medical Center's Elders Living at Home Program: Not currently homeless and expect to live at current residence or in the area for next 6 months
- •if NOT member of Boston Medical Center's Elders Living at Home Program: Not currently homeless, live at public housing development, and plan to live there for at least next 6 months
- •Able to understand, speak and read English
Exclusion Criteria
- •Follows a special diet that cannot be accommodated, as ascertained by clinical judgment of the nurse.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
body composition
Time Frame: 6 months
percent body fat
BMI
Time Frame: 6 months
Body mass index
weight
Time Frame: 6 months
total body weight in pounds
blood pressure
Time Frame: 6 months
systolic and diastolic blood pressure
blood glucose
Time Frame: 6 months
measurement of blood glucose
Secondary Outcomes
- food insecurity(6 months)
- nutritional risk(6 months)