Page 5 - Open Hand Atlanta Annual Report - 2017

WE COOK. WE DELIVER.
WE TEACH. WE CARE.

WE COOK.

FOOD IS MEDICINE PROGRAMS Freshly prepared meals for senior clients
“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy Open Hand prepares freshly-cooked, home-
food” — Hippocrates’ wise words are the foundation delivered or congregate meals that exceed the
for everything we do at Open Hand. Our health- standard nutritional requirements of Georgia’s
promoting prepared meal programs serve vulnerable seniors, most of whom are dealing with chronic
low-income clients in a variety of settings, providing disease. Seniors are able to choose from a variety
freshly cooked home-delivered meals, combined with of delicious seasonal menu offerings made with
snacks or supplements, to meet the daily nutrition only the freshest and highest quality ingredients.
requirements for their specific health conditions. Health-promoting meals for at-risk youth

Medically-tailored meals for Medicaid clients Open Hand’s kid-friendly menus exceed the
These Open Hand meals are created to help our USDA’s requirements for well-balanced, nutritious
clients prevent or manage diabetes, high blood meals that address the needs of low-income
pressure, heart disease, cancer, HIV/AIDS, obesity children enrolled in the USDA’s Summer Food
and other chronic conditions. Designed by our Service Program (SFSP) at Quality Care for
experienced Registered Dietitian Nutritionists Children summer camp sites around Atlanta. In
and Culinary team to meet the highest quality addition, Open Hand helps these at-risk kids
standards, they are as delicious as they are model healthy eating behaviors that will stay with
therapeutic. them as they grow.
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Care transition meals from hospital to home Good Measure Meals social enterprise
Open Hand also provides medically-tailored meals Good Measure Meals (GMM), Open Hand’s
to enrolled individuals across 19 metro-Atlanta fresh, ready-to-eat gourmet-quality meal plan,
counties within 48-72 hours of discharge from is designed to offer the general public access
the hospital or a skilled nursing facility. Studies to balanced nutrition to help them meet their
show emphatically that the provision of quality personal health and wellness goals. 100% of net
nutrition immediately following discharge greatly profits from the sale of Good Measure Meals
reduces re-hospitalizations and leads to better support Open Hand nutrition programs provided
health outcomes. free of charge to the most vulnerable in our
community.

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