Deaths attributed to malnutrition more than doubled, from about 650 in 2018 to roughly 1,400 in 2022.
, a geriatrician and professor at the UC San Francisco, said seniors who used the programs “may rely on the food they get there as their best meal of the day.”
Phan said many older Californians are afraid of COVID-19, asking themselves, “Do I actually want to risk that for myself given my own risk factors?” Californians 85 or older accounted for almost three in five malnutrition deaths in the state last year. Those 95 or older make up almost one in five malnutrition deaths, even though only about one in 700 Californians fall within that age group.Older people also have slower metabolisms and digestion than younger people.More factors beyond pandemic lockdowns and an aging population may also be causing the steep rise in reported malnutrition among older people.
“You might be admitted with diabetes but at the same time, you’re also malnourished, and so the malnourishment adds to your problems,” said Paul Brown, a professor at UC Merced who has copresented papers on malnutrition in California at an American Public Health Association conference.
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