"Outings to your taste": A nutrition program for the elderly

"Outings to Your Taste" is an innovative program that aims to improve: the nutritional status and social network of elderly people who receive home-de livered meals. This article examines participation in one of the program's components, outings to community restaurants. Participation data were colle cted on-site and information about client characteristics was collected in at-home interview surveys of targeted clients (n = 144). While about half o f the clients had tried at least one outing, more:than 25% of them particip ated in at least one third of the outings offered to them. Results indicate that the program attracted a variety of clients in terms of sociodemograph ic, health, and social isolation characteristics.