SENIOR
SERIES
Alma
M. Saddam, Department of Human Nutrition and Food Management and Ohio
State University Extension, OSU, Columbus,OH.
Senior Series is a network of Ohio Extension professionals and Ohio
Aging Network professionals, which serves Ohioans to provide education,
training and resources to empower older Ohioans to achieve an optimal
level of well-being. Every year, in celebration of Older Americans Month,
the Senior Series Team develops a packet of information and resources
for use during the month of May or at any time throughout the year.
The team also develops a series of fact sheets, which are available
in camera ready masters or two color bulletins. Another team project
is the Senior Hotline, a bi-monthly newsletter distributed throughout
Ohio.
STAYING WELL...A
PUBLIC-PRIVATE VENTURE HELPS OLDER ADULTS EAT RIGHT
Alma
M. Saddam, Department of Human Nutrition and Food Management and Ohio
State University Extension, OSU, Columbus, OH
Eating
for health is one key to staying well in old age. The new Staying Well
curriculum, developed by the Ohio State University Extension, Ohio Department
of Health, Ohio Department of Aging and Ross Products Division of Abbott
Laboratories, is a teaching tool for service providers who work with
older adults. The step-by-step teaching manual guides users through
training to assist and empower older adults to improve their own nutritional
health. The teaching manual also supports the Nutrition Screening Initiative's
Determine Your Own Nutritional Health checklist for older adults. Lesson
topics include proper nutrition, healthy eating, balancing fruits and
vegetables, alcohol in moderation, dental health, food shopping, social
eating, medications, weight management, and overcoming obstacles. Companion
pieces to the lessons are challenges, incentives, reproducible handouts,
completion certificates, evaluation tools and a resource directory.
Three professional training programs were held in 1998. Lessons will
be evaluated in congregate meal settings, summer and fall of 1999.
Contact
person:
Alma Saddam
E-mail: saddam@postoffice.ag.ohio-state.edu
