Using a Mobile-Technology Tool to Assist Meals on Wheels Drivers in Conducting Home Wellness Checks

Introduction

• Growing evidence that social determinants (e.g. nutrition, transportation, and housing) have a significant impact on health and well-being.

• Opportunity to leverage home meal-delivery programs, such as Meals on Wheels (MOW), to proactively identify and address unmet social needs and create partnerships with providers and payers to better support clients.

• We conducted a pilot study to evaluate the use of a mobile technology tool to assist drivers with client wellness checks during routine meal delivery