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Recognition and thanks goes to Jean Lloyd, MS, RD, National Nutritionist, U.S. Administration on Aging for suggestions on an earlier version. This article was adapted from the draft paper, The Older Americans Act Nutrition Program: Providing Consumers and Caregivers with Food and Nutrition Choices for Healthy, Independent Long Term Living: A Challenge Brief, presented at the 4th State Units on Aging Nutritionists/Administrators Conference. Baltimore, MD. August 29, 2006. This project was supported in part by grant 90AM2768 from the Administration on Aging, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC.

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    Connie W. Bales

  2. Div. Gerontology, Geriatrics &, Palliative Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham, 19th Street South 933, Birmingham, 35294, USA

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Weddle, D.O., Wellman, N.S. (2009). Providing Food and Nutrition Choices for Home and Community Long Term Living. In: Bales, C., Ritchie, C. (eds) Handbook of Clinical Nutrition and Aging. Nutrition and Health. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-385-5_27

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