Nutr Res Pract.  2022 Aug;16(4):527-536. 10.4162/nrp.2022.16.4.527.

Current status of foodservice nutrition management and effects of welfare facility support for the elderly in Cheongju City

• Lee JE

• KMID: 2532101
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4162/nrp.2022.16.4.527

Abstract

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES
South Korea is representative of countries experiencing rapid societal aging. This study aimed to understand the current status of foodservice nutrition management provided to welfare facilities for the elderly and to understand improvements after support from “the Center for Social Welfare Foodservice Management (CSWFM)” in Cheongju City.
SUBJECTS/METHODS
The status of foodservice nutrition management was assessed by dietitians and hired by the CSWFM, who visited 40 welfare facilities (registered members of the CSWFM) for the elderly in Cheongju City. After visiting each facility three times from July to December 2019, the results of inspections on four areas, that is, ‘menu’, ‘meal provision’, ‘cooking’, and ‘distribution’ management for 2nd and 3rd visits (support visits) were compared with results obtained at initial visits.
RESULTS
Before support as determined during 1st visits, compliance rates with ‘menu’, ‘meal provision’, ‘cooking’, and ‘distribution’ requirements were 72.1%, 75.5%, 58.3%, and 77.5%, respectively. The mean compliance rate for all 15 items on the questionnaire used was 70.8%. Items with low compliance rates were ‘Is the soup provided by foodservice at the recommended salinity?’ (compliance rate 37.5%) and ‘Is the foodservice cooking conducted by referring to a recipe?’ (42.5%). At the two support visits, mean compliance rates increased significantly (P< 0.01, P < 0.001), mean total score had significantly increased from 71.80 to 90.26 (P < 0.001), and mean soup salinity decreased significantly from 0.82% at 1st visits to 0.68% (P < 0.001) and 0.56% (P < 0.001) at the 1st and second follow-up visits.
CONCLUSIONS
These results show that the status of nutrition management at welfare facilities for the elderly was much improved by CSWFM involvement, and indicate the CSWFM should continuously provide nutrition management support to facilities and that finances and opportunities for more welfare facilities for the elderly be expanded.

Keyword

Welfare; elderly; food service; nutritional management; salinity

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