Ending Hunger in America, 2014 Hunger Report Full Report

Richard Lord A food distribution site in rural Buckingham County, Virginia. 108? Chapter 3 n add some flavor. The chicken and fish she looks forward to at the beginning of each month are gone, and so are the collard greens and other fresh vegetables that she loves. “Bad things happen when older people don’t get enough good food,” says Mary Jane Koren, Vice President of the Long-Term Care Quality-Improvement Program at the Commonwealth Fund.80 They experience more complications from chronic illnesses, leading to longer hospital stays—20 percent of people over the age of 75 have five or more chronic illnesses.81 Malnutrition also increases the risk of falls—one in three seniors experiences a fall every year, and 30 percent suffer moderate to severe injury.82 “Ensuring that old people have a balanced, nutritionally complete diet, can reverse many of the consequences of malnutrition or outright prevent them,” says Koren. Seniors need more health care than other age groups, and while Medicare covers much of their health care costs, it doesn’t cover all of them. In fa ???5???????????)??????????????????????????d)???????????????????????????)??????!?????(??-?????????)???????????????????????????)???????????????????????????)?????????????????????????????)?????????????????????????????)???????????????????????)=???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????)????????????????????????????M?????????????????????????????????????????)??????????????????????Q???????????????????????????????????????????????)????????????Q?????????????????????????????????????????)M???????????????M9@?????????????????????????????????????????????????)M9@???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????)??????????%???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????1????)M??????A??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????)???????M9@??????????Q?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????1?????M?????????????)??????????e??????????????????????????????!????M?????????????????)????????????????????????e?????????????????Q???????????????????????????????????)M9@??????????????????????????%???????????T?L????????????????????????????)??????????????M9@????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????)????????????????????????????????)M?????????????M9@????????????????????????????????????????????????)?????????????????????????????????????q???????????????????????????????() ??????????]????%??????((0

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