Very excited to be in beautiful Quebec City this week attending the 52nd NAPCRG Annual Meeting with many of our Bruyere Health and uOttawa colleagues. We are grateful for the opportunity to share CCAER’s work on the role of primary care teams in identifying modifiable risk factors for food insecurity in rural-dwelling older adults. We found that financial barriers intersect with age-related constraints such as reduced mobility and driving restrictions. Our findings showed that oral, physical and mental health increasingly impact food security in older adults. We found that older adults love community paramedics as the provider of choice for food insecurity screening and assessment. They are not sold on PSWs, physicians, or dietitians in this role but feel the dental hygienists may present an interesting option.
November 21, 2024
