Meals for Me: Managing Diabetes at Home Diabetes management for homebound older adults through meals and connection. Program: Meals for Me: Managing Diabetes at Home Population: People with limited resources with unmanaged diabetes, who can receive meals mid-day (part-time work, retired, etc) Partners: Meals on Wheels of Central Texas Location: Austin, TX Question: If nutritional makeup is held constant, how does a weekly dropshipment of frozen meals compare to daily delivery with check-ins in food intake and management of diabetes (Hemoglobin A1C)? Components: Meal delivery, dropshipment vs. human connection & support Outcomes: Hemoglobin A1C, Mental Health Time Period (first results): 6 months Results: Randomized trial in progress; 5 recruited (1/23)
