Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing Receives Grant from UnitedHealthcare to Improve Access to Healthy Food for...
October 27 2016 - 4:27PM
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- Grant supports community-based
program that reduces hunger and social isolation among
seniors
- Virginia ranks 21st in the nation
for senior hunger; in the last 12 months about 14 percent of adults
age 60 and older have faced the threat of hunger
A UnitedHealthcare grant to the Virginia Commonwealth University
School of Nursing will help reduce hunger and social isolation
among seniors by supporting the school’s community-based
care-coordination initiative, the Richmond Health and Wellness
Program.
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(L-R) Dominion Place resident Lueada
Chappell talks with Timothy Spilker, regional CEO,
UnitedHealthcare, and VCU's Richmond Health and Wellness Program
Director Dr. Pam Parsons during one of the weekly student-catered
meals funded by a $25,000 UnitedHealthcare grant awarded to VCU
School of Nursing in Richmond, Va. The grant will fund free weekly
student-catered meals at three senior apartment communities to help
reduce hunger. Funding from this grant will also support
educational efforts used to increase the variety and nutritional
value of seniors' diets (Photo: Dan Iotto).
The $25,000 grant to Virginia Commonwealth University School of
Nursing will fund free weekly student-catered meals at three senior
apartment communities to help reduce hunger. Funding from this
grant will also support educational efforts used to increase the
variety and nutritional value of seniors’ diets.
The grants are part of UnitedHealthcare’s effort to identify and
support organizations in Virginia that help seniors, disadvantaged
individuals and people with disabilities live healthier lives.
“This grant from UnitedHealthcare will help support our programs
and services that provide healthy meals, nutrition education and
other resources to improve the lives of seniors,” said Pamela
Parsons, Ph.D., GNP-BC, program director at VCU’s Richmond Health
and Wellness Program. “We have seen a tremendous response by the
residents in learning more about healthy living and interacting
with student volunteers who help serve meals and conduct health
screenings.”
Along with the weekly meals, the grant will also help VCU
students identify seniors who may be eligible to enroll in a Meals
on Wheels program or to participate in FeedMore’s Commodities
Supplemental Food Program. The Richmond Health and Wellness Program
will also provide referrals to day programs and other resources
from the local Area Agency on Aging.
“The meals program provides a great opportunity for seniors to
socialize, meet new friends and learn about the importance of
nutrition in their daily lives,” said Greg Ford, resident services
coordinator for Dominion Place. “With the support from
UnitedHealthcare, this program is making a positive impact in the
lives of so many seniors in our community.”
The $25,000 grant was announced at Dominion Place, one of the
three senior communities participating in the Richmond Health and
Wellness Program. At the announcement, UnitedHealthcare employees
joined community leaders, Virginia Commonwealth University staff,
professors and students in prepping and serving one of the weekly
catered meals to participating residents.
“UnitedHealthcare is grateful for the opportunity to support VCU
and the Richmond Health and Wellness Program that is helping
seniors in our community live healthier lives,” said Timothy
Spilker, regional CEO, UnitedHealthcare Community & State.
According to America’s Health Rankings®, Virginia ranks 21st in
the nation for senior hunger. In the last 12 months about 14
percent of adults age 60 and older have faced the threat of
hunger.
UnitedHealthcare serves nearly 900,000 Virginians enrolled in
employer-sponsored, individual, Medicare and Medicaid health plans
with a network of 123 hospitals and more than 19,000 physicians and
other care providers statewide. *
About VCU and VCU
HealthVirginia Commonwealth University is a major, urban
public research university with national and international rankings
in sponsored research. Located in downtown Richmond, VCU enrolls
more than 31,000 students in 225 degree and certificate programs in
the arts, sciences and humanities. Seventy-nine of the programs are
unique in Virginia, many of them crossing the disciplines of VCU’s
13 schools and one college. The VCU Health brand represents the
health sciences schools of VCU, the VCU Massey Cancer Center and
the VCU Health System, which comprises VCU Medical Center (the only
academic medical center and Level I trauma center in the region),
Community Memorial Hospital, Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU
and Virginia Premier Health Plan. For more, please visit
www.vcu.edu and vcuhealth.org.
About
UnitedHealthcareUnitedHealthcare is dedicated to helping
people nationwide live healthier lives by simplifying the health
care experience, meeting consumer health and wellness needs, and
sustaining trusted relationships with care providers. The company
offers the full spectrum of health benefit programs for
individuals, employers, military service members, retirees and
their families, and Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, and
contracts directly with more than 1 million physicians and care
professionals, and 6,000 hospitals and other care facilities
nationwide. * UnitedHealthcare is one of the businesses of
UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), a diversified Fortune 50 health and
well-being company. For more information, visit UnitedHealthcare at
www.uhc.com or follow @myUHC on Twitter.
* According to data compiled Aug. 31, 2016. Source:
UnitedHealthcare Internal Analysis
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UnitedHealthcareBrad Alexander,
804-267-5320brad_alexander@uhc.comorVirginia Commonwealth
UniversityAnne Dreyfuss, 804-828-7701dreyfussaj@vcu.edu
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