CulinaryandHealth@Home
Enjoyment, Health, Work and Markets in Ageing Culture (GGAMA)
The demand to be able to live well and healthy into old age places high demands on the local infrastructure. However, rural regions in particular have been characterised by a decline in local supply for several decades, which makes it difficult to provide for older people in particular. Family or personal network structures are not always sufficient to absorb the need for help that arises. As a result, rural communities are increasingly under pressure to act.
The aim of the project is to develop a needs- and enjoyment-oriented mobile service concept for the provision of meals and food for older people with support needs. The results of the Fulda senior citizens' study GEViA, which is affiliated to the project, serve as a starting point. Within the framework of the baseline survey, 709 people were interviewed on the topics of health, mobility and care by means of standardised questionnaires. The follow-up survey (N =303) focused specifically on the nutritional and meal-related attitudes of the respondents. Subsequently, locally existing offers of the food trade and gastronomy were bundled within the framework of a pilot project via a digital ordering platform and shared delivery logistics. The project was evaluated by means of participant observation and guideline-based interviews with suppliers and customers. It was shown that the development of regional communities of responsibility, supported by civil society, private sector and municipal actors, offers an important potential to counteract the structural change in rural areas, which primarily affects the supply of people with limited mobility. The insights gained in the project are currently being translated into recommendations for action for practical actors.
- Jansen, C.; Rückert-John, J.; Hagspihl, S. (2017): Arrangements of nutritional care in older age. Results of the Fulda Senior Study GEViA - Part I. In: Home Economics and Science (3), pp. 136-142.
- Alisch, M.; Hagspihl, S.; Kreipl, C.; Ritter, M. (eds.) (2017): Age(s) and Social Sustainability. Interdisciplinary approaches to the challenges of ageing societies. Society and Sustainability, Vol. 5. Kassel: Kassel University Press.
- Pfindel, B.; Vollertsen, A.; Rupprecht, D.; Hagspihl, S. (2017): Experiences from the usability test of a platform for meal ordering and nutrition information for older people. Proc. Germ. Nutr. Soc., Vol. 23: p. 92.
- Pfindel, B.; Eilenberger, S. (2017): CulinaryandHealth@Home (poster). UNECE Ministerial Conference on Ageing, 21-22 September 2017, Lisbon, Portugal.
- Eilenberger, S.; Barg, B.; Jansen, C.; Hagspihl, S. (2016): Shopping and meal organisation in older couples. Proc. Germ. Nutr. Soc., Vol.21: p. 89.
- Jansen, C.; Messik, M. (2016): A meal is more than just food?! An assessment from the perspective of the 65plus target group. Proc. Germ. Nutr. Soc., Vol.21: p. 37.
- Jansen, C.; Rückert-John, J.; Pfannes, U.; Flothow, A. (2016): The local supply situation in urban and rural-peripheral areas - an assessment from the perspective of the target group 65plus. Proc. Germ. Nutr. Soc., Vol.21: p. 37.
- Jansen, C.; Rückert-John, J. (2016): Meal arrangements in retirement: on the organisation of everyday eating taking into account the gender-specific division of labour in older couples (poster). Gender conference of the Gender and Women's Research Centre of the Hessian Universities, 07 October 2016, Fulda.
- Jansen, C.; Hagspihl, S.; Rückert-John, J. (2015): GEViA study. A participatory development of needs-oriented offers. In: Home Economics and Science. 63 (4), S. 193-194.
Projektleitung
Prof. Dr. Stephanie Hagspihl
Catering • Food Supply
