The July Forkful

Volume 2 | Issue 13

News from the

Nutrition and Aging Resource Center

Continue to Connect!

Wow, it has been a BUSY summer! We all know conferences line up, month after month, from May to September. It’s easier to travel with nicer weather, but sometimes we can get burnt out with extra travel, additional work responsibilities and just life in general. Take some time for YOU; connect with yourself and others. This may mean extra time outside gardening, taking a walk, or grabbing dinner with the friend that you keep thinking you need to get together with.

Speaking of connecting, the Nutrition and Aging Resource Center team spent time together in Denver, Colorado, last month for the National Association of Nutrition and Aging Services Programs (NANASP) conference! We toured two of Denver’s top meal site organizations and held an in-person workshop for State Units on Aging. Other events included the NANASP Directors Training and Innovations in Congregate Meal Programs. The annual conference itself highlighted many amazing presenters on the work each are doing, focused on older adults and nutrition.

I hope you can find additional ways to connect with yourself and others throughout your work. If you need additional resources, visit the NRCNA website for more ideas, or just shoot us an email to talk more.

Stay healthy!

Ashley

Ashley Danielson, RDN, LD

Nutrition Coordination Director

JOIN US TOMORROW! Navigating Partnerships: From Connection to Collaboration

Meet Alexandra Bauman, one of the speakers for the Wednesday, July 10, 12p CT, webinar on "Navigating Successful Partnerships: Between State Units on Aging and Universities" by clicking the button below. This webinar is the third in the four-part webinar series called "Navigating Partnerships: From Connection to Collaboration" taking place during the summer months of 2024.

Summary of the Webinar:

Join Alexandra Bauman, RD, LDN, and Sarah Francis, PhD, MHS, RDN as they discuss the decades-long partnership between the aging network, senior nutrition program and Iowa State University Extension. They will discuss the history of their partnership, the benefits of universities and the aging network working together, and how other organizations should get started. Some of their notable projects include hosting the National Resource Center for Nutrition and Aging, publishing research on innovative congregate meal program designs, and streamlining nutrition education for older adults in Iowa. Participants will learn how they could replicate this partnership in their states through shared values.

Objectives:

1) Learn how the aging network and Extension can collaborate.

2) Gain ideas about specific nutrition, aging, and research projects to replicate in your community.

3) Gather resources to support your work in the aging network or Extension.

Registration

😄 Join the next Connection Chat!

When: July 17, 2024

Time: 10:00 - 11:30am CT

Our quarterly Connection Chat is a chance to network and learn from other AAAs and local service providers utilizing Older Americans Act Title IIIC funds to provide meals and other nutrition services to aging Americans.

The focus of this call is Business Management. We will briefly share some resources available from the Nutrition and Aging Resource Center to help you build your business management skills. The majority of the call will be devoted to participants gathering in breakout rooms for two 40-minute sessions.

In the breakout rooms, participants will have the opportunity to ask questions of their peers, share their experiences, and learn from subject matter experts who have been successful in the topic areas.

The breakout topic areas are:

Registration

Facebook Group

Don’t Let Long-Term Plans Sit on the Shelf: Giving Life to Long-Term Planning

Join the Nutrition and Aging Resource Center for an educational discussion on long-term planning. This will include real life stories and examples on how to get started, how to implement and give life to your long-term plan and how to leverage and maximize resources.

Innovations in Nutrition Programs and

Services Grantee Spotlights

Check out the ReIMAgine Aging Podcast featuring AgeSpan, one of our #INNUGrantees. The organization shares how staff expanded options of cultural meals by partnering with restaurants to offer nutritional choices and a welcoming atmosphere for older adults.

Have you thought about learning more about suicide-intervention skills? Read more on how volunteers and providers utilize evidenced-based training to help older adults who receive home-delivered meals and need more mental health support.

Read Georgia State University's article

Are you looking to offer culturally inclusive recipes to your participants? New York City Department for the Aging offers a large variety of options to suit anyone's needs!

Grab recipes

If you don't feel prepared for emergencies, this blueprint has you covered. The Kentucky Department of Aging and Independent Living partnered with stakeholders to create a guide that covers communication, go kits, risk assessments and more for senior centers and the aging network.

View the entire blueprint

Learn more about the research from Georgia State University regarding risk factors for suicide among older adults and tips on implementing suicide prevention.

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