Letter: 50th anniversary of the nation Senior Nutrition Program | Letters

This March the CSI Workplace on Growing old joins the Administration for Neighborhood Residing and senior vitamin service suppliers throughout this nation to rejoice the fiftieth anniversary of the nation Senior Diet Program.

Since 1972, the Senior Diet Program (SNP) has supported vitamin providers for older adults. Funded by the Older Individuals Act, native senior vitamin applications function hubs for older adults (60 and older) to entry nutritious meals and different important providers.

Do you know that as much as half of adults age 65 and older are liable to malnutrition and greater than 10 million face starvation? Many older adults lack entry to the excessive -quality, nutritious meals they should stay wholesome and unbiased. Did you additionally know that research present seniors who attend Senior Facilities have much less dementia, and have a tendency to reside longer, and undergo much less loneliness than those that don’t attend Senior Facilities? Additionally, research present that for each $1 spent on senior vitamin saves $40 in Medicaid monies.

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