R510-104-4. Definitions

(1) Congregate Meals -- Meals provided five or more days a week (except in a rural area where such frequency is not feasible (as defined by the Assistant Secretary by regulation) and a lesser frequency is approved by the State agency), provide at least one hot or other appropriate meal per day and any additional meals which the recipient of a grant or contract under this subpart may elect to provide; which shall be provided in congregate settings, including adult day care facilities and multigenerational meal sites; and which may include nutrition education services and other appropriate nutrition services for older individuals.

(2) NSIP -- Nutrition Services Incentive Program. The NSIP Program authorizes cash payments to State Units on Aging (SUA) as a proportional share of the Federal fiscal year allocation. The allocation is based on the number of meals served by a single SUA in the previous year in proportion to the total number of meals served by all SUAs that year. Meals counted for purposes of NSIP reporting are those that satisfy the requirements of Title III-C of the OAA.

(3) Provisional Meals -- Meals delivered to a congregate meals participant who is unable to personally visit the congregate meals site for a limited period of time (to be determined by the AAA). The AAA has the discretion to determine what circumstances would make provisional meals appropriate.

(4) NPE -- Nutrition Programs for the Elderly. The term primarily refers to Congregate Meals and Meals on wheels which utilize state and federal funding to provide services to seniors, although Food Stamps may also be considered as a NPE.

(5) Division -- Utah State Division of Aging and Adult Services.

(6) AAA -- Area Agency on Aging.

(7) Dietary Guidelines for Americans -- The "Dietary Guidelines for Americans" has been published jointly every 5 years since 1980 by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA). The Guidelines provide authoritative advice for people two years and older about how good dietary habits can promote health and reduce risk for major chronic diseases. They serve as the basis for Federal food and nutrition education programs. The Guidelines also clarify the Daily Reference Intake (DRI), which replaces the Recommended Daily Amounts (RDA) previously used to determine the nutritional values of the meals served under the nutrition programs. The complete document can be accessed at http://www.health.gov/dietaryguidelines/dga2005/document/default.htm

(8) Modified diets -- Now referred to as Medical Nutritional Therapy by the American Dietician Association, this refers to meals that have been altered to make them compatible with a particular client's nutritional needs. Examples include limiting sodium for a client with high blood pressure or restructuring the portions or components of a meal to accommodate a client with diabetes.

(9) NAPIS -- National Aging Program Information Systems. This system allows the Utah Division of Aging and Adult Services to report the services provided under Titles III and VII of the Older Americans Act. RTZ's GetCare system is the vehicle the Division uses to interface with the federal NAPIS system.

(10) Nutrition Case Manager -- the AAA staff person who evaluates a potential client's situation and recommends an appropriate nutrition plan (i.e., Meals on Wheels), as well as other services where appropriate.

(11) OAA -- The Older American's Act. Originally signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson the act created the Administration on Aging and authorizes grants to States for community planning and services programs, as well as for research, demonstration and training projects in the field of aging. Later amendments to the Act added grants to Area Agencies on Aging for local needs identification, planning, and funding of services, including but not limited to nutrition programs in the community as well as for those who are homebound; programs which serve Native American elders; services targeted at low-income minority elders; health promotion and disease prevention activities; in-home services for frail elders, and those services which protect the rights of older persons such as the long term care ombudsman program.