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Government Efforts
March 14, 2024, Aging with Dignity Position Statement
Aging with Dignity Bilateral Deals – An Important Investment but lacks focus on food and nutrition
This position statement created by CMTF and CNS explains why nutrition is important to healthy aging, the impact of malnutrition on seniors and encourages the inclusion of food and nutrition in future Aging with Dignity agreements between the federal and provincial/territorial governments.
Letters to Health Ministers
Canadian Malnutrition Task Force (CMTF) and Canadian Nutrition Society (CNS) have reached out to Health Ministers to urge them to include food and nutrition care in their Aging with Dignity Bilateral Deals. A template of the letters written to the Provincial Ministers is available HERE.