Strengthening, Engaging, and Empowering Dyads Through Nutrition & Wellness

Launched by MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER · Jun 17, 2024

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ClinConnect Summary

One English speaking and one Spanish Speaking cohort of patient-care partner dyads to participate in the Plant Powered Metro NY (PPMNY) Food for Life class series will be recruited. The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine's award-winning Food for Life (FFL) classes are 2 hours and include 1 hour of education and 1 full hour of a culinary demonstration. All participants receive printed program guidebooks with resources and recipes. Each language specific cohort will have (15 in-person dyads) for a total of 30 participant-care partner dyads (N=60). Two care partner roundtable sessio...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • 1. Adults 65 years old or older
• • 2. have a diagnosis of Type II diabetes
• • 3. Must have cognitive impairment (Subjective Cognitive Complaint and Picture Based Memory Impairment Screen (PMIS ≥5))
• • 4. Care partner who will attend workshops (care partner 18 years or older) is preferred
• • 5. Receiving care at a CEAD site (the Center for the Aging Brain and the Geriatrics Ambulatory Practice)
• • 6. Fluent in English or Spanish
• • 7. Able to attend and engage in 2-hour classes in-person or virtually
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • 1. \<65 years old
• • 2. Not fluent in English or Spanish
• • 3. Too medically unstable to attend workshops
• • 4. Too cognitively impaired (PMIS ≤4) to engage in workshops or provide informed consent
• • 5. Psychiatrically unstable (i.e., Suicidal ideation)
• • 6. Hearing impairment impeding ability to engage in Food for Life classes
• • 7. Participation in a nutrition program in the last 6 months