MingleMeals
Photo: Engin Akyurt
The MingleMeals -project co-creates an innovative learning course focused on enhancing the social sustainability of mealtime care for the elderly.
The 30ECTS course brings best practice and innovation from research into teaching materials for students in nursing, social work, elderly care, tourism, and catering degree programs.
This is what we do!
Focus in the role of food and nutrition
The course will contribute to increasing the number of skilled professionals in elderly care and clarify the importance of working with nutrition, food and wellbeing among the elderly.
Nordic collaboration
Each country contributes with specific knowledge, and it creates an opportunity for students as well as teachers to be inspired by each other. The study course qualify them as professionals to support and innovate rehabilitation programmes and good meal experiences for the elderly with a focus on nutrition, wellbeing and sustainability.
Measures
Partners have monthly online meetings to plan and modify the content of the study course.
Workshop 1. Denmark, Nov 2024. Defining the intended learning outcomes, target group, and existing curriculum. Design of theme: Sustainable nutrition and rehabilitation.
Workshop 2. Norway, Feb 2025. Teaching form and structure (technologies) and practical issues. Theme: Meal enjoyment, appetite and leadership.
Workshop 3. Finland, April 2025. Final course description, dissemination, pre-reviewed process, plan for implementation in each country, and evaluation. Theme : Sustainable meal-management and hospitality.
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Workshop in progress
First workshop took place in Copenhagen, Denmark. Partners from Finland, Sweden and Denmark gathered together to desing new study courses, and to
- identify intended learning outcomes
- target group
- existing curriculum
Service design methods were used to define content of the course such as
- relation between nutrition and health
- health equity,
- functional capabilities and psychosocial wellbeing
- meals as arena for rehabilitation
- effects on age related changes.
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Facts
MingleMeals: Connecting Kitchens and Institutions for Nutritional Social Wellbeing for elderly in the Nordic Communities
Info
Budget
Project partners
Contact:
riitta.tuikkanen@xamk.fi, tel. +358407723385