Community development through nutritional dietary support in a large apartment block with an accelerated ageing population.

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K19679
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 59040:Nutrition science and health science-related
• Research Institution: Jumonji University (2021-2023); Kanagawa University of Human Services (2020)
• Principal Investigator: Takada Kento 十文字学園女子大学, 人間生活学部, 講師 (70773000)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 高齢者 / 低栄養 / 地域コミュニティ / 大規模団地 / 食生活支援

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study has planned the development of local community building through comprehensive nutritional and dietary support as a model for initiatives to prevent caregiving and flailing in super-aged areas. However, immediately after the start of the study, the spread of new coronavirus infection has been repeated continuously, and it has been difficult to implement events, circle activities and community by residents' associations and others. Therefore, remote meal consultations using an online conferencing system have been conducted on a regular basis. Although positive responses to the continuation of the meal consultation have been received from the participants, the number of participants has remained sluggish. As it is difficult at present to promote research activities using the research project funds, the research will be terminated at this point.

Free Research Field

栄養学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

高齢化率が50％を超える比較的大規模な地域コミュニティーは日本各地に点在しており、中でも公営住宅はその類型として様々な課題を内包している。人々が健康的な食生活を送るためには食材の入手から準備、喫食、片付け、廃棄までの一連のプロセスを日常生活圏で完結させる必要があり、いずれかに課題が生じることで深刻な栄養・健康問題が生じるリスクがある。高齢者が地域で安心して生活していくために、住民同士の相互扶助とあわせて多様な実施主体による切れ目のない重層的な支援が求められており、本研究がその一助となることが期待される。