Understanding the role/needs of various decision-makers within specific health care organizations is a critical factor in the development/design of your value proposition proposals to these potential customers. This webinar identified some of the key decision-makers within health care organizations and…
Toolkit: Providing Culturally Inclusive Nutrition Services to Diverse Older Adults
Senior nutrition programs are increasingly charged with meeting the needs of diverse communities. According to federal data, racial and ethnic minority populations served by the Aging Network have increased from 7.5 million (19% of the older adult population) in 2008…
Toolkit: Emerging Learnings About Nutrition Status, COVID-19, and Nutrition Education in Older Adults
The COVID-19 pandemic has proven to be a disruptive force for senior nutrition program providers. However, this disruption provides a great opportunity for learning and advancing innovative practice. Over the course of this year, one of the important opportunities realized…
Social Enterprising Aging Network Example – REAL Grille
This Promising Practice from the Network brief describes the REAL Grille, a social enterprise business of REAL Services, operated by Real Services Area Agency on Aging. Located in South Bend, Illinois, the REAL Grill is one of several social enterprise…
Toolkit: Technical Assistance and Training Needs Assessment Survey: Insights Gleaned & Next Steps
The need for a successful and sustainable business environment for senior nutrition program professionals has been evolving rapidly in recent years. More and more, particularly with the onset of the COVID-19 public health emergency, a strong business acumen is necessary…
Piece of the Pie: Making The Business Case for Nutrition Services – Business Acumen Skills and Resources
The purpose of this tip sheet is to showcase the range of resources available across the national aging services landscape to support senior nutrition programs seeking to develop or strengthen their internal and external business-related skills and processes.…
Business Acumen Example: Jesse Hill Market Initiative
Jesse Hill Market as a collaborative partnership model that can be scaled across the nation so that all Americans, regardless of zip code or socioeconomic status, can make choices that lead to healthy and hope-filled lives. This initiative by Grady…
Toolkit: Power of Partnerships Summer 2020 Virtual Learning Webinar Series
Senior nutrition program providers have admirably risen to meet the challenges brought on by the COVID-19 public health emergency. Critical to these efforts has been the ability to leverage existing relationships with key stakeholders (i.e., restaurants, food system partners, technology…
City of Los Angeles Free Virtual Social Club
The Los Angeles Department of Aging and Element3 Health jointly announced the launch of the End Loneliness Initiative, a collaboration aimed at curtailing the rise of social isolation and loneliness in older adults during COVID-19 Safer at Home measures. The…
Health Well-Being Social Connections
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, social isolation was already affecting older adults at a rate higher than other populations. Twenty-five percent of community-dwelling Americans age 65 years and older are considered socially isolated, and a significant number of adults in…
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