"Outings to your taste": a nutrition program for the elderly.
"Outings to Your Taste" is an innovative program that aims to improve the nutritional status and social network of elderly people who receive home-delivered meals. This article examines participation in one of the program's components, outings to community restaurants. Participation data were collected on-site and information about client characteristics was collected in at-home interview surveys of targeted clients (n = 144). While about half of the clients had tried at least one outing, more than 25% of them participated in at least one third of the outings offered to them. Results indicate that the program attracted a variety of clients in terms of sociodemographic, health, and social isolation characteristics.
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Faculty of Nursing, Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada. Lucie.Richard@Umontreal.ca
Gosselin
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Trickey
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Robitaille
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Payette
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D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003256:Community Participation; D005260:Female; D005522:Food Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006293:Health Promotion; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors