2.2. Participants
cancer, communication disability, chronic kidney disease
MAY, DISEASE, CANCER, RECRUITMENT
The research team downloaded a list of Geriatric Community Caring Strongholds from the official website of the Department of Social Welfare of the Taipei City government. Those centers that provided lunch at least twice a week for older adults were contacted for recruitment. The research team then provided a briefing to each of those willing community strongholds. Once they agreed, recruitment and activities were carried out center by center from August 2018 to May 2019. Volunteers were excluded if they had any of the following conditions: communication disability, severe disease (e.g., cancer, chronic kidney disease, etc.), dietary control by doctors’ instructions, or inability to walk 14 m independently. All subjects signed the informed consent form before their participation.