Feasibility of conducting qualitative research with persons living with dementia and their caregivers during a home-delivered meals pilot trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Among older adults, food insecurity is associated with poor health status and health outcomes; people living with dementia (PLWD) are at increased risk for insecurity. Approaches to addressing food insecurity among homebound older adults include two modes of home-delivered meals: (1) meals delivered daily to participants' homes by a volunteer or paid driver who socializes with the client or (2) frozen meals that are mailed to participants' homes. Research has not examined benefits of these meals for PLWD or their caregivers nor compared the effectiveness of these two approaches in reducing food insecurity. The objective of this study was to test the processes for recruiting and engaging in qualitative research with PLWD and caregivers in an effort to understand the conte

SUBMITTER: Gadbois EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10122359 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature