Nutrition support after hospital discharge for older adults
Part of Hormones & metabolism clinical trials.
This trial studies a program that helps older adults who are leaving the hospital and are at risk for malnutrition or food insecurity. It connects them with community nutrition services like home-delivered meals and dietitian support to improve their health after discharge.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- Speak English or Spanish
- Be identified as at risk for malnutrition (not getting enough nutrients)
- Have food insecurity (limited access to enough food)
- Have a malnutrition diagnosis and a referral to a dietitian (nutrition expert)
- Plan to go home from the hospital
- Be eligible for community meal services (like home-delivered meals or senior meal programs)
- Not be in hospice care or receiving end-stage cancer treatment
- Not be on tube or IV feeding
- Live in the area served by the meal program
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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