Senior hunger can be caused by many different physical, emotional and social issues. In this video, HealthMaker Ellie Hollander details these risk factors and how they impact this population.
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It has a lot to do with isolation, it has to do with physical disability, or limitations even depression so it can be physical or emotional disability were people just are either unable to prepare a meal for themselves, or unable to leave their home because they don't have access to transportation or they live so far away from a grocery store that they end up being just home bound.
Ellie Hollander is president and CEO of the Meals On Wheels Association of America. She has decades of experience working with aging populations, membership organizations, for-profits and non-profits.
