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Intergenerational Programming Increases Solid Food Consumption for Adult Day Center Attendees
Shelbie G Turner1, Shannon E Jarrott2, Benjamin Katz3
1Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA.
Abstract:
We examined whether participation in intergenerational programming would impact daily food and liquid intake for adult day service center (ADSC) participants, many of whom are at risk for malnutrition and dehydration. Data came from 75 ADSC participants who, on average, attended the center for 472.32 days between 2007 and 2018. We analyzed daily data using multilevel modeling, nesting attending days within ADSC participants. On days when participants joined intergenerational programming, they consumed significantly more solid food (β = 1.54, SD = .37, p < .001), but no different liquid (β = -.16, SD = .09, p = .06), than their own average across all days they attended the ADSC. Intergenerational programming may be an effective way to support ADSCs participants' nutrition. Future research is needed to determine the longer-term health benefits of daily increases in food consumption and to explore why intergenerational programming may differentially impact eating and drinking.
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