Administration on Aging (AoA) Documents
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• Link to news and resources related to the Nutrition Program on the AoA website.
• Unofficial Compilation of the Older Americans Act (OAA) as amended in 2000 [HTML version] [PDF version] (for information purposes only - this is an unofficial compilation of the Committee on Education and the Workforce)
• A Profile of Older Americans: 2003 the latest key statistics on older Americans in key subject areas.
• Summary Table of Age Characteristics of the Older Population for the United States and for States: 2000 Compiled by AoA showing, by state, the age group breakdowns, the 60+ and the 65+ populations (numbers and percent) as well as the increase in the 60+ and 65+ populations from 1990 to 2000.
• US Census Bureau: Guide to Data on the Older Population in Census 2000 Summary Files 1-3
• What is the Nutrition Services Incentive Program (NSIP)? The NSIP is the new name for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) cash or commodity program, known as the Nutrition Program for the Elderly. The program will continue to be funded through an appropriation to USDA and administered by the Food and Nutrition Services of the USDA.
  
• Comments on the Older Americans Act by the National Policy & Resource Center on Nutrition & Aging with the assistance of others in the Aging Network.
  
• AOA Fact Sheets
  
• Backgrounder: Use of Medical Food and Food for Special Dietary Uses in Elderly Nutrition Programs. Prepared for the Administration on Aging by the National Policy and Resource Center on Nutrition and Aging.
• Food and Nutrition for Life: Malnutrition and Older Americans. Report by the Assistant Secretary for Aging, Administration on Aging, DHHS. Prepared for the Administration on Aging through the National Eldercare Institute on Nutrition. Report bibliography.
• Malnutrition and Older Americans Fact Sheet Facts about older adult malnutrition including, magnitude, causes and impact on society.
• Improving Nutrition Education in Elderly Nutrition Programs by Using the USDA Technical Paper titled, Nutrition Education for Older Adults: A Review of Research Prepared for the Administration on Aging by the National Policy and Resource Center on Nutrition and Aging.
• Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. Serving Elders at Risk, the Older Americans Act Nutrition Programs: National Evaluation of the Elderly Nutrition Program 1993-1995, Volume I: Title III Evaluation Findings. Washington, DC: US Department of Health and Human Services; 1996.
• Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. Serving Elders at Risk, the Older Americans Act Nutrition Programs: National Evaluation of the Elderly Nutrition Program 1993-1995, Volume II: Title VI Evaluation Findings. Washington, DC: US Department of Health and Human Services; 1996.
  

• The Role of Nutrition in Home and Community Based Long Term Care - Issue Paper
• Older Americans Act Nutrition Programs Results Oriented Management - Evaluating program impact on individuals and the service system of the Elderly Nutrition Program
• Older Americans Act Nutrition Programs Standards and Guidelines - Developing standards and guidelines to ensure effective and efficient delivery of nutrition services
• Older Americans Act Nutrition Programs Training and Best Practices - Maximizing resources by developing training and best practices for nutrition programs

Last Updated: 05/28/2004