Aktivt åldrande – individuellt anpassade måltidslösningar för hälsa och livskvalitet hos äldre : Slutrapport

In Sweden, as most parts of the world, the proportion of elderly is increasing. Thenumber of the elderly will shortly exceed the number of younger people. Between2010 and 2030, the number of Europeans aged over 65 will rise by nearly 40%.According to the UN, the increase in life expectancy is mainly due toimprovements in nutrition and hygiene. The growing number of older peopleposes major challenges, but also opportunities for society, business andentrepreneurship.Health issues, primarily food, and quality of life are in focus and strongly relatedto autonomy. It should be possible to live an active and independent life, andpossible to make independent choices, regardless of age, disease and disability.This adds to Quality of Life! To achieve this we created a project in collaborationbetween partners from academia, research institutes, business, industry andsociety. The idea was in a first step to identify target groups along with their needsand desires. Then to design foods and meals adapted to the elderly’s needs andpreferences. Further to develop packaging of the meals that can be used forinformation as well as in the distribution chain. The project invented value chainsfor different types of ordering and distribution of the foods and meals as well as toinclude waste management. The outcome of the project are new knowledge aswell as food products available on the market and other products soon ready to beput on the market.Visionen för projektet:Att upprätthålla livskvalitet och autonomi genom individuella och personligtanpassade måltidslösningar som passar äldre personers krav och behov. Bra mat,god mat och mat i rättan tid!Tvärlivsprogrammet beviljade det tre år långa projektet Aktivt åldrande –individuellt anpassade måltidslösningar för hälsa och livskvalitet hos äldre.Finansiärer Vinnova, Formas, SLF och Svensk Dagligvaruhandel.Fokus var på mat och måltid, men sträckte sig utanför maten på tallriken för attäven täcka in områdena förpackningar, distribution och kommunikation.Deltagare:- SP Sveriges Tekniska Forskningsinstitut, from 170101 RISE Research Institutesof Sweden: Karin Wendin, Evelina Höglund, Ulla Lindberg, Annika Åström- Högskolan Kristianstad: Elisabet Rothenberg, Daniel Einarson, Karin Wendin- Innventia AB, from 170101 RISE Research Institutes of Sweden: Siv Lindberg,Karin Edström- Billerud Korsnäs AB: Jon Haag- Compass Group AB: Michael Signäs- Electrolux AB: Urban Wählby, Hanna Nykänen- Findus Sverige AB: Gunnel Stuhr Olsson- ICA Sverige AB: Christina Karlsson- Ingersoll-Rand Svenska AB/Thermo King Sverige: Sissi Glasö- Krinova AB: Charlotte Lorentz Hjort- NINE AB: Hanna Tholander, Mirjam Grari- Sensinet AB: Janis Platbardis- Kommunförbundet Skåne: Annica Forsgren, Daniel Smedberg- PRO – Pensionärernas Riskorganisation: Guy Lööv, Margareta Jansson http://www.sp.se/sv/index/services/event/aktivtaldrande/Sidor/default.aspx