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Enhanced Home-Delivered Meals for Older Adults in Rhode Island

This study is looking at an improved version of the Home-Delivered Meals Program (HDMP) for older adults in Rhode Island. It's testing if adding "Wellness check and socialization visits," calls from a "Community Health Worker," and a "Supplemental grocery bag" can better help with diet quality, food security (having enough food), loneliness, and overall quality of life. You might be able to join if you're 60 or older, live in Rhode Island, speak English or Spanish, and are considered nutritionally at risk by Meals on Wheels. The study will measure how well these enhancements work by looking at diet quality after 12 weeks. The current recruitment status is unclear.

Study design
This is an interventional study planning to enroll 1640 participants. Participants will be randomly assigned to receive either standard or enhanced services.
What's involved
Not specified in the trial record.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
The primary outcome of diet quality will be measured at 12 weeks.

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NCT06401694

Evaluating an Enhanced Home-delivered Meal Program on Older Adults' Health and Well-being

Enrolling by Invitation
NAAges 60+InterventionalPrevention
University of Connecticut
~1,640 participants
Updated 2025-12-16 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Home-delivered mealsWellness check and socialization visitCommunity Health Worker callsSupplemental grocery bag

At a glance

Recruiting sites
0 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Diet Quality
Measured over 12 weeks

Conditions

Diet, Healthy
Food Insecurity
Loneliness
Quality of Life

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Where you'd take part

This study runs at 1 site. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.

  • University of Connecticut

    Storrs, Connecticutno site contact published

Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.

Study leadership

  • Caitlin Caspi, ScD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of Connecticut
  • Kim Gans, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of Connecticut

Who to contact

This trial hasn't published a contact. View it on ClinicalTrials.gov

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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Adults who are eligible for Title III - funded Meals on Wheels assistance
Can read and speak Spanish or English
Are nutritionally at risk as determined by the Nutrition Risk Assessment
Reside in the state of Rhode Island

Exclusion

Cognitive or physical limitations that prevent an individual from giving consent, as assessed by normal interactions by intake staff or study team
Cognitive or physical limitations that prevent an individual from participating in intervention or evaluation activities, as assessed by normal interactions intake staff or study team

What this trial measures

  • Diet Quality12 weeks

    Dietary Screening Tool (DST); Minimum value (0) indicates lowest possible score; Maximum value (100) indicates highest possible score