Strength for Caregiving

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.

Conditions

• Mental Well-being
• Muscle Strengh
• Dietary Habits
• Quality of Life
• Nutritional Status
• Functional Capacity

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

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.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• City of Pori

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• City of Rauma

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• The Martha association of South West Finland

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• City of Kankaapää

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Satakunta Wellbeing Services County

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Adult education centre of Pori

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Adult education centre of Rauma

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Petäjä Adult Education Centre

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Susanna Kunvik

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Susanna Kunvik · Satakunta University of Applied Sciences

Study Design

Allocation

NA

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age

65 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2026-09-30

Primary Completion

2027-11-30

Completion

2027-11-30

Countries

• Finland

Study Locations