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https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-27935| Publication type: | Conference paper |
| Type of review: | Peer review (publication) |
| Title: | Improving residents’ wellbeing in senior citizen homes with more individualized food services |
| Authors: | Gerber, Nicole Merkle, Thorsten |
| et. al: | No |
| DOI: | 10.1088/1755-1315/1176/1/012016 10.21256/zhaw-27935 |
| Proceedings: | IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science |
| Volume(Issue): | 1176 |
| Page(s): | 012016 |
| Conference details: | CIB W070 Conference on Facility Management and Maintenance, Trondheim, Norway, 8-11 May 2023 |
| Issue Date: | May-2023 |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | IOP Publishing |
| ISSN: | 1755-1307 1755-1315 |
| Language: | English |
| Subject (DDC): | 362: Health and social services 647: Management of public households |
| Abstract: | Currently, food services in Swiss senior citizen homes heavily depend on the presence and working hours of human resources. For most residents, there is currently no possibility to eat according to their individual needs or preferences. However, trends like flexible catering, the reduction of the importance of lunch as main meal of the day or the “snackification” will influence service delivery in senior citizen homes in the future. At the same time, staff shortage and decreasing financial means force institutions to find new service designs. The goal was to find out how the wellbeing of residents in senior citizen homes can be improved by providing more individualized food services. Based on literature, a mixed-method research approach was chosen, combining expert interviews and a survey amongst management and staff representatives of Swiss senior citizen homes. It becomes clear that a more flexible food service provision needs to be thought in a holistic context encompassing the whole organisation, including not only hospitality staff but also management and care professionals. |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/27935 |
| Fulltext version: | Published version |
| License (according to publishing contract): | CC BY 3.0: Attribution 3.0 Unported |
| Departement: | Life Sciences and Facility Management |
| Organisational Unit: | Institute of Facility Management (IFM) |
| Appears in collections: | Publikationen Life Sciences und Facility Management |
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Gerber, N., & Merkle, T. (2023). Improving residents’ wellbeing in senior citizen homes with more individualized food services [Conference paper]. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 1176, 12016. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1176/1/012016
Gerber, N. and Merkle, T. (2023) ‘Improving residents’ wellbeing in senior citizen homes with more individualized food services’, in IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science. IOP Publishing, p. 012016. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1176/1/012016.
N. Gerber and T. Merkle, “Improving residents’ wellbeing in senior citizen homes with more individualized food services,” in IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, May 2023, vol. 1176, p. 012016. doi: 10.1088/1755-1315/1176/1/012016.
GERBER, Nicole und Thorsten MERKLE, 2023. Improving residents’ wellbeing in senior citizen homes with more individualized food services. In: IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science. Conference paper. IOP Publishing. Mai 2023. S. 012016
Gerber, Nicole, and Thorsten Merkle. 2023. “Improving Residents’ Wellbeing in Senior Citizen Homes with More Individualized Food Services.” Conference paper. In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 1176:12016. IOP Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1176/1/012016.
Gerber, Nicole, and Thorsten Merkle. “Improving Residents’ Wellbeing in Senior Citizen Homes with More Individualized Food Services.” IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, vol. 1176, IOP Publishing, 2023, p. 12016, https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1176/1/012016.
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