PPT-Food Insecurity & Older Adults

Prevalence Impact Drivers Solutions Diane Oyler PhD Coordinator of Neighborhood Services Erie County Department of Senior Services Food Insecurity What Does It Look Like Limited or uncertain . Shawn M Lang, Director of Public Policy. CT AIDS Resource Coalition. HIV/AIDS and Older Adults. What are HIV and AIDS?. H. uman . I. mmunodeficiency . V. irus. A. cquired. . I. mmunodeficiency . D. Acknowledgement: This research was funded by operating grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. This presentation draws on the work of Lynn McIntyre, . Herb Emery, Naomi . Dachner. , Andy Mitchell, Rachel . S.L. Young. *, B.K. Natamba, F.A. Luwedde, A.H.J. Plenty, J. Mwesigwa, P. Natureeba, B. Osterbauer, J. Achan, T.D. Clark, V. Ades, M. Robine, B.K. Nzarubara, T.D. Ruel, M. Kamya, E.D. Charlebois, D.V. Havlir, D.L. Cohan. Presented by: Shelby Lenz, Kelly Annestrand, Andrea Bird, & Amy James. Tarleton State University. Social Work Program. Introduction. “ Food insecurity is limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods or limited or uncertain ability to acquire acceptable foods in socially acceptable ways” The definition of food insecurity has evolved even more since the poverty thresholds were created, providing a basis for examining the correlation between food insecurity and income level. . IN ALAMEDA COUNTY. . March 2016. DEMOGRAPHICS &. SOCIAL DETERMINANTS . OF HEALTH. Age Distribution of Population . in Alameda County. Source: US Census Bureau, 1980 and 2010. Age Pyramid, 1980. B. Renee Dugger, DNP, RN, . GCNS-BC*. *. Special acknowledgement and thanks to Meredith Wallace PhD, APRN, A/GNP-BC and the Geriatric Nursing Education Consortium (GNEC. ) for resources utilized for this presentation . What is loneliness like for older adults?. Being Alone. Loneliness defined. Loneliness is the subjective feeling of being alone. It is “the distress that results from discrepancies between ideal and perceived social relationships.” . Serenity Café, Edinburgh 13. th. December, 2016. Workshop Programme. Workshop aims. Sharing, learning about and reflecting on work that is currently taking place . in Scotland, . and in the rest of the UK on the issue of household food insecurity measurement. :. SNAP-Ed . Learning . Collaboritive. Rachel . Téllez. , MD MS FAAP. Park . Nicollet . Health Services. AAP Hot Topics, May 12, 2017. Goals. Review experiences and . lessons learned from . clinics involved in . By the Numbers. Loudoun Hunger Summit 2016 . #. LoCoHungerSummit. What is Food Insecurity? . A lack of access—at times—to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household members and limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate foods. -source USDA. Chronic Disease, and Health Among Working-Age Adults Economic Research Service Economic Research Report Number 235 July 2017 Christian A. Gregory and Alisha Coleman-Jensen United States Department Webinar 3. Identifying and Screening for Food Insecurity. Kathryn Tucker, MS, RD, LD, Administration for Community Living. Temitope A. Walker, PhD, Georgia Division of Aging Services. September 15, 2022. Tier 2 . Eating disorder . An eating disorder is when the person has an unhealthy attitude to food which can over their life and make them ill.. It can involve eating too much or too little, and/ or becoming obsessed with their body and shape. Students from households that are food insecure are from low-income and ethnic minority families . Students from WCSU coming from underserved families experience food insecurity. There is heavy reliance on campus pantry workers in defining food insecurity rather than students experiencing the issue .