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Strength for Caregiving
Sponsor: Susanna Kunvik
Summary
The goal of this single-arm pre-post study is to promote elderly (≥ 65 years) family caregivers' dietary habits, well-being and functional capacity through comprehensive nutritional guidance. The main goals of the project are to: * Improve the well-being, resilience, and functional capacity of the participating family caregivers through the comprehensive nutritional counseling implemented as part of the project. * Create a nutrition counseling model that promotes the well-being and coping of family caregivers and can also be utilized in well-being services counties after the project concludes. * Produce up-to-date and practical nutrition materials for family caregivers. The project participants will participate in two individual nutrition counselling sessions and three group nutrition counseling sessions over a period of ten months. Researchers will compare the results of the participants' baseline and final measurements to see if nutrition counseling is effective in improving family caregivers' well-being, resilience, and functional capacity.
Official title: Strength for Caregiving - A Nutrition Coaching Model to Support Caregivers' Wellbeing and Functional Ability
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
65 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
100
Start Date
2026-09
Completion Date
2027-11
Last Updated
2026-05-29
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Tailored nutritional counselling intervention
The intervention is a 10-month tailored nutritional counselling programme for elderly family caregivers. It includes two individual dietary counselling sessions conducted by a nutrition specialist and three group counselling sessions. The individual counselling sessions include a personal nutrition plan based on the participant's needs. According to participants' preferences, the group counselling sessions consist of either nutrition lectures or practical cooking courses. The intervention aims to improve participants' well-being, functional capacity, and dietary habits.
Locations (1)
Satakunta University of Applied Sciences
Pori, Satakunta, Finland