Food Waste and Quality of Life in Elderly Populations Living in Retirement Living Communities. Issue 1 (2nd January 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: McAdams, Bruce; von Massow, Mike; Gallant, Monica
• Is Part Of: Journal of housing for the elderly. Volume 33:Issue 1(2019)
• Page Start: 72
• Page End: 84
• Publication Date: 2019-01-02
• Subjects: Food waste -- retirement living communities -- quality of life -- elderly care -- food service; Older people -- Dwellings -- Periodicals; Aging -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; 363.5946
• DOI: 10.1080/02763893.2018.1451801
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0276-3893

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Food waste is an increasingly important issue in all food-service establishments, including retirement living communities. With residents of these communities having faced food insecurity as children and young adults, they have unique and very strong feelings regarding this issue. We interviewed 16 Canadian residents and used manifest content analysis to gain an understanding of how their experiences, behaviors, and feelings toward food waste may impact their quality of life. The results of this study may have implications for how retirement living communities approach their food-service operations.