title: Social services to assist nutrition.
abstract: Social services to assist in improving nutritional status in older adults are reviewed. The social service interventions are placed in three broad categories of risk for older people to include poverty, social isolation, and dependency/disability. Each social service is identified and described to include eligibility and local resources. A social services intervention contact guide is provided as well as a state-by-stage aging services and resources directory.
authors.affiliation: Nutrition Projects, Senior Services of Seattle/King County, Washington.
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Moyer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004181:Directories as Topic; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D006077:Government Agencies; D006801:Humans; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D011203:Poverty; D011632:Public Assistance / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012934:Social Isolation; D012946:Social Welfare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States