Healthy meals for veterans with heart failure
Part of Heart & circulation clinical trials.
This study tests whether providing healthy meals to veterans recently hospitalized for heart failure can improve their health and reduce the chance of going back to the hospital. Participants will receive meals at home for a period of time.
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Who can take part
- You are a veteran enrolled in a VA health facility.
- You are currently in the hospital for heart failure (either new or worsening).
- You can safely eat normal food (no pureed food or thickened liquids needed).
- You are not on dialysis and your kidney function is adequate.
- You do not have severe food allergies that the study meals cannot accommodate.
- You have space at home to store and prepare the meals.
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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