Mathew Jones Matthew.Jones@uwe.ac.uk
Professor of Public Health
Mathew Jones Matthew.Jones@uwe.ac.uk
Professor of Public Health
Sanda Ismail Sanda.Ismail@uwe.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Public Health
Purpose: This paper aims to explore how food-focused social activities are a route for promoting intergenerational relationships, well-being and dietary benefits among residents in care homes and children in preschool/schools. Design/methodology/approach: Using a case study methodology, this study undertook staff-focused research on a 26-month UK programme in 12 partnership clusters, involving a range of growing, cooking, eating and community activities. Findings: Staff reported benefits for older people, including improved mood, surfacing positive memories, new personal connections and relief from feelings of boredom and loneliness. Children were reported to develop in-depth relationships, greater empathy and overcame negative preconceptions. Food-based activities enabled all parties to express caring and nurturing in tangible and often non-verbal ways. Originality/value: Food-based activities appear to have specific material and emotive characteristics that resonate with the intergenerational interests of older people and children. Using mainly in-house resources, this study showed that it is feasible to generate novel food-based practices between children’s education and care home sectors. A “test-and-learn” programme model is recommended, given sensitivities and complexity associated with food-based activities and the limited organizational capacity of care home and early education service providers.
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Feb 2, 2022 |
Online Publication Date | Mar 2, 2022 |
Publication Date | Apr 28, 2022 |
Deposit Date | Mar 9, 2022 |
Publicly Available Date | Jul 18, 2022 |
Journal | Working with Older People |
Print ISSN | 1366-3666 |
Electronic ISSN | 2042-8790 |
Publisher | Emerald |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 26 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 151-161 |
Series ISSN | 1366-3666 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1108/wwop-11-2021-0059 |
Keywords | Community and Home Care; Gerontology; Loneliness and social isolation, Test-and-learn, Intergenerational, Well-being, Diet, Care homes, Older peopl |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/9106642 |
Publisher URL | https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/issn/1366-3666 |
Bringing children and older people together through food: The promotion of intergenerational relationships across preschool, school and care home settings
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