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- One of the challenges

about aging is, in fact,

making sure that you

are properly nourished

when you do get older, so

that we can remain healthy,

we can remain in our own homes.

I don't know anybody in my

lifetime who's ever said,

"I can't wait to get old so

I can be in a nursing home."

- We're concerned about

the older person's safety,

and their level of care.

But sometimes we forget

about their quality of life.

And by placing them in an

assisted living facility,

or looking at some

type of nursing care,

we're restricting their

ability, their autonomy.

- [Seth] Where do you think

you would be physically,

if you didn't have a meal

delivered to you everyday?

- Well, I certainly

wouldn't be at home.

I would be in some institution

or a hospital of some kind,

where I wouldn't be

living my own life.

It makes life something

that I can look

forward to every day.

It gives meaning to my life.

I feel that life has

still a lot to offer me.

- [Seth] Meeting Carla

was a great experience,

but I knew if I was

gonna give any legitimacy

to this documentary, it meant

that I had to get out of LA.

In doing my research, I

learned about this guy

who runs a food bank and

delivers meals during the day,

but at night is a headbanging,

heavy metal drummer.

I mean, this could not be

any more of a departure

from Sister Alice Marie Quinn

than if I had

scripted it myself.

So I knew I had to get

up to Marin County,

because this could

be interesting.

(heavy metal music)

Do you think it's important

for people to be able to stay

in their homes, versus, say,

going to like a nursing home?

- I think so.

Some people, their entire

existence is what went on inside

that household, as their

families grew up and grew out.

Some of the people we serve

have been in their houses

since they first got married.

They still have the

markings of the doorframes

where their kids were

six and seven years old,

and then 14 years old,

and then you see some

of their grandkids

listed there as well.

It's a measurement of

success for their own life

that they get to stay there,

because this is what they

worked for their entire life,

that's what they paid

for their entire life.

And don't tell them that they

don't belong in their own homes.

- There have been a number

of studies that have looked

at older adults that have moved

into assisted living facilities,

senior nursing homes,

and once the move is made

and they move out of their

own home, and they are now

kind of separated

from their community,

from their neighborhood,

from their neighbors,

from the familiarity

of their surroundings,

their health usually declines

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