Café - Changes Around Food Experience (impact of reduced contact with food on social engagement and wellbeing of older w
Lead Research Organisation:
University of East Anglia
Department Name: Norwich Medical School
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Publications
Kathleen Lane (author)
(1900)
Women and food : beyond the stereotype
Kathleen Lane (author)
(2010)
New tricks? : older women's expertise in the kitchen : some findings from the CAFE study
in Generations review
Kathleen Lane (author)
(1900)
Food and meals across the lifecourse : the voices of older women
Kenkmann A
(2012)
The restaurant within the home: experiences of a restaurant-style dining provision in residential homes for older people
in Quality in Ageing and Older Adults
Lane K
(2014)
Older Women's Reduced Contact with Food in the CAFE Study: choices, adaptations and dynamism
in Ageing and Society
LANE K
(2013)
Older women's reduced contact with food in the Changes Around Food Experience (CAFE) study: choices, adaptations and dynamism
in Ageing and Society
| Description | Many older women reduce the amount of cooking and food preparation they do in later life. While cooking may be seen as traditionally associated with women's family roles, little is known about the impact of such reduced engagement with food on their lives. This one-year qualitative study (Changes Around Food Experience, CAFE) studied the impact of reduced contact with preparing and cooking meals from scratch for forty women, aged 65-95 years, living in Norfolk, United Kingdom. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews, focus groups and observations. Women's reasons for reducing food-related activities included changes in health, loss of a partner or a caring role and new patterns of socialising. Disengagement from cooking and shopping was not found to entail predominantly negative feelings, passive acceptance or searching for forms of support to re-enable more cooking from scratch. Accounts evidenced the dynamic adaptability of older women in actively managing changed relationships with food. In exploring new meal options, older women were not simply disengaging from their environments. CAFE findings linked women's engagement with their environments to how they were using formal services and, even more, to the value they placed on social engagement and being out and about. Through the connections they fostered with friends, family and community, older women actively enabled their continued involvement in their social, public and family spheres. Reduced contact with preparing and cooking meals from scratch, therefore, did not induce or imply passivity or debility in the CAFE cohort. By contrast, it involved their exploring new means of retaining what was important to them about food in the context of their lived situation and social connections with friends, family, the community and public spheres. |
| Exploitation Route | The dataset is available through the UK data archive and are being used by other researchers. We have used the results of CAFE to publish academic papers, teach medical and occupational therapy students, inform local policymaking on provision of meals on wheels and day centre meals, inform the local population (through local press and radio) and talk at national and international conferences. |
| Sectors | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Healthcare |
| Description | The dataset is available through the UK data archive and are being used by other researchers. We have used the results of CAFE to publish academic papers, teach medical and occupational therapy students, inform local policymaking on provision of meals on wheels and day centre meals, inform the local population (through local press and radio) and talk at national and international conferences. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2008 |
| Sector | Communities and Social Services/Policy |
| Impact Types | Policy & public services |
| Description | CLAHRC East of England, Eating and Drinking Well IN dementiA (EDWINA). |
| Amount | £50,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | National Institute for Health Research |
| Department | NIHR CLAHRC East of England |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2014 |
| End | 11/2014 |
| Description | NIHR Career Development Fellowship |
| Amount | £495,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | CDF-2011-04-025 |
| Organisation | National Institute for Health Research |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2012 |
| End | 03/2015 |
| Description | CAFE qualitative dataset available on the UK Data Archive |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Scientific meeting (conference/symposium etc.) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Type Of Presentation | workshop facilitator |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | The dataset is available through the UK data archive and are being used by other researchers. The data archive occasionally send us emails telling us that our data have been used by a variety of researchers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014 |
| URL | http://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/#6524 |
| Description | CAFE study, food and older women |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Interview with Paul Moseley of Radio Norfolk Several members of the public phoned in to discuss the research and share their own experiences. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| Description | CAFE website |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | We maintain websites for recent research, including ESRC-funded CAFE (Changes Around Food Experience): http://cafe-project.appspot.com/ This is a useful point of contact for this study |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014 |
| URL | http://cafe-project.appspot.com/ |
| Description | CAFE women shop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Newspaper article on the results of the CAFE study, specifically around the importance of shopping to older women. Norwich Evening News article |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
| Description | CAFE, older women's thoughts about, and use of, food support services |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Powerpoint presentation delivered at the Transforming Care Conference, Copenhagen 2008 International discussion of our research, and discussion of international comparisons. A common comment here and in other contexts for engagement was that participants expressed surprise at the level of dynamism and active decision making of older women in optimising their own choices and use of their energy and time. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
| URL | http://www.sfi.dk/sw52776.asp |
| Description | CAFE: older women and food-related activities post-stroke |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Talk presented to a STaR Forum meeting [Stroke and Rehabilitation Forum], School of Allied Health Professions, University of East Anglia, September 2009 Discussion on how to approach eating problems in women following a stroke. After the meeting, KL was invited to lead a break-out session on this topic at the East of England Stroke Forum Annual Conference in March 2010. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
| Description | CAFÉ: changes around food experience |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Kathleen Lane, the CAFÉ researcher, presented very initial results of CAFÉ to the British Society for Gerontology meeting in Sheffield on 7th September 2007 Other researchers were interested in the research and discussed some of the methodological issues with us - to inform analysis. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007 |
| Description | Changes around food experience: older women's engagement with food |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to the NHS Norfolk Long Term Conditions and End of Life Programme Board, invited, June 2010, attended by professionals and lay members from health and social care. Informed Norfolk decisions on services for older adults. No further contact made. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| Description | Exploring the impact of changes in contact with food for older women (CAFE) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Seminar for graduating Occupational Therapists at UEA Important preparation of OTs for practice. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
| Description | Food and older women (CAFE) cited in UEA's 50th Anniversary Brochure |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | CAFE was cited in UEA's 50th Anniversary Brochure produced by the EDP in September 2013 as an example of research of significance in Norfolk None known |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Implementing the research process |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Kathleen Lane was co-facilitator of this session (9 October 2009) at the 'User and public involvement in health and social research' workshop, University of East Anglia (the session drew upon experience from work including CAFE). Stimulated other researchers to consider ways of including service users into their own research - not just as subjects but as co-planners, co-analysts and co-authors. Also helped to familiarise service users who had not previously been involved with research with the range of potential research topics, as well as the specific ways in which they could collaborate. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
| Description | Meals on wheels and recruitment to the CAFE study |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Interview about CAFE with Future Radio Stimulated some interest in the research from the public |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
| Description | Older women and stroke: obtaining and preparing main meals |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Health professionals |
| Results and Impact | Presented at the East of England Stroke forum, Newmarket, March 2010 Discussion of how this research should impact on how we manage eating problems for people post-stroke |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| Description | Reduced contact with cooking: the experiences of older women from the CAFE study |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to the British Society for Gerontology Annual Meeting in Bristol, 4-6 September 2008 Great audience discussion on older women and food |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
| Description | Teaching Medical Students about dehydration and nutrition for older people |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Most years this lecture provokes interest and questions from the students Students have reported increased interest in hydration and nutrition of older people, and greater understanding of the issues around nutrition and hydration in this group |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010,2011,2012,2013,2014 |
| Description | The meanings of eating, cooking and shopping for older women who are cooking less: the CAFE study |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Talk to the British Society for Gerontology Annual Meeting, Bristol, September 2008 Questions and discussion on our research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
| Description | Women and cooking |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Short article about the CAFE study following press release Eastern Daily Press |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
| Description | Women, food and shopping |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Interview on the Radio Norfolk Breakfast Show, Lee in the studio by Matthew Gudgeon, Sheila (a member of the public, a member of our steering group and an older woman) while shopping in Poringland by their 'roving reporter' Wally. Members of the public phoned in to share their experiences. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |