Volume 2, Issue 3

This late-month newsletter covers exciting nutrition network news that happened this month.

New Resources Available on the Website!

See what is new! New and updated resources included on acl.gov/senior-nutrition:

• Power Up webinar #3 takeaways
• DETERMINE checklist
• How Transit is Expanding Access to Food for Rural Older Adults and People with Disabilities
• Offering Chronic Disease Self-Management Education in Rural Areas
• Better Medicare Benefits Outreach in Rural Areas
• How Physical Activity Helps Rural Older Adults Stay Strong and Steady
• Benefits Outreach to Underserved Populations: Best Practices
• Cooking Up Diversity and Inclusion: Innovative Menu Planning and Design
• Addressing Nutrition and Food Access in Medicaid: Opportunities and Considerations 
• Food System Resilience: A Planning Guide for Local Governments
• Title VI Heart Healthy Traditional Foods (YouTube)
• National Center to Reframe Aging

Join us at ASA

Join Nutrition and Aging Resource Center team members Cat, Erin, and Sarah at ASA for the presentation Geezers, Gray Hairs, and Geriatrics: Ageism in the Work We Do - on Tuesday, March 28, 11:00am-12:30pm ET.

Session Learning Objectives:

1. Recognize ways in which we may be holding personal, unconscious bias in regard to ageism.
2. Describe ways in which ageism may be affecting our work.
3. Identify two action steps we can take within the next six months to combat ageism personally and/or within our organizations.

Connection Chat

Come meet, connect, and chat with nutrition professional peers from across the nation. Whether you have been in the aging nutrition network for 20 years or 20 days, connecting with and learning from others who work in the aging nutrition space can be an invaluable tool.

When: Thursday, April 27, at 10 AM CT

Who: Nutrition Professionals from

Area Agencies on Aging (AAA) and

local service providers

Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 852 9217 8636 Passcode: 424319

Join the Facebook Group!

Older Americans Month ~ 2023 ~ Aging Unbound

Every May, ACL leads the nation’s observance of Older Americans Month (OAM). In 2023, ACL has chosen the theme, Aging Unbound. With this theme, we will have the opportunity to explore an array of aging experiences without being boxed in by expectations and stereotypes.



Discussions will include the positive aspects of growing older, why everyone has a role to play in combating ageism, and how we all benefit when older adults remain engaged, independent, and included in their communities.

The 2023 logos are available now. Watch for a poster, social media graphics, and more that you may use to celebrate OAM in your community. Remember to follow #OlderAmericansMonth for the latest from ACL and to see what others are planning!

• SAGE's National Resource Center on LGBTQ+ Aging

• National Caucus and Center on Black Aging (NCBA)

• National Resource Center on Native American Aging

• MHP Salud

• National Asian Pacific Center on Aging

The Administration for Community Living has created a page on the Nutrition and Aging Resource Center page that collects and highlights news stories related to senior nutrition programs across the nation.

Have a story to be shared? Email aclnutrition@betah.com 

This project was supported in part by grant number 90PPNU0002 from the U.S. Administration for Community Living, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C. 20201. Grantees undertaking projects with government sponsorship are encouraged to express freely their findings and conclusions. Points of view or opinions do not, therefore, necessarily represent official ACL policy.