Empirical research on the relationship between the dietary environment and human development in nursing homes

practical report on the nursing homes of group home type

Abstract

The effect on human development by the improvement of the dietary environment was investigated using analysis of the summarized records, observation of daily behavior, and a questionnaire to the staff for disabled and elderly persons in nursing homes of the group home type. The residents live in a small-mass unit which has a comfortable day-room with an open-kitchen in the center of the unit The staff cooks meals in the small-mass unit Meal time (cooking in mass-unit) was shown to be the best chance to cultivate mutual understandings in mit community aid human development.