Occupational therapy and registered dietitian services to reduce fall risk among home delivered meal clients: a randomized controlled feasibility trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Older adults increasingly prefer to age in place, but health and safety risks often threaten this independence. Home delivered meals, a key service under the Older Americans Act, provide essential nutritional support to homebound older adults, the majority of whom are at elevated risk for fall-related morbidity and mortality. Given the complex health conditions of homebound older adults, we conducted a feasibility randomized controlled trial (RCT) to evaluate our methods for testing four different service models designed to help reduce fall risk among home delivered meal recipients: (1) meals alone; (2) meals + registered dietitian nutritionist (RDN) services; (3) meals + occupational therapy (OT) services; or (4) meals + RDN + OT services. Findings will inform protocol

SUBMITTER: Juckett LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12065152 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature