It’s a badly written article but google news was shit and I got tired of trying and failing to find a better one.
Barkoff, who is now an associate professor of health law and policy at George Washington University’s Milken Institute School of Public Health, said without the ACL, a safety net for seniors and people with disabilities will disappear.
“It will have an enormous impact,” she said, and could affect more than 2,500 community-based organizations across the country that were supported by the ACL.
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Meals on Wheels is a program that delivers meals to individuals at home who are unable to purchase or prepare their own meals. The name is often used generically to refer to home-delivered meals programs, not all of which are actually named “Meals on Wheels”. Many of the housebound recipients are the elderly, and many of the volunteers are also elderly but able-bodied and able to drive automobiles.
Research shows that home-delivered meal programs significantly improve diet quality, reduce food insecurity and improve quality of life among the recipients.[1][2] The programs also reduce government expenditure by reducing the need of recipients to use hospitals, nursing homes or other expensive community-based services.