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Managing food shopping and cooking
— the experiences of older Swedish women | | Author(s) | Birgitta Sidenvall, Margaretha Nydahl, Christina Fjellström |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 21, pt 2, March 2001 |
| Pages | pp 151-168 |
| Keywords | Shopping capacity ; Food ; Cooking ; Older women ; Living patterns ; Qualitative Studies ; Sweden. |
| Annotation | Older Swedish women's experiences of managing food shopping and cooking as part of an independent life in different family situations are examined as part of the MENEW project (Meals, Eating habits and Nutritional intake among Elderly Women). The research approach was qualitative, using informal ethnographic interviews and thematic analysis. 23 single-living and 18 cohabiting Swedish women, aged 64-67, 74-77 and 84-87 participated. They valued being active through continuing with familiar routines whereby they could live independently. They gained physical exercise and social contacts when they went shopping. Well-known foods and traditional dishes were preferred, as these enabled them to proceed from familiar routines. Economical thinking related to money, and their own work guided their choice of food. Lack of strength made some - particularly the older informants and those living alone - dependent on local shops, and they simplified their cooking, while others had more freedom of choice when they shopped with their husbands. The implications of the research for services which help older women, particularly those who live alone or who have been recently bereaved, are discussed. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010628201 A |
| Classmark | CAN: YP: YKH: BD: K7: 3DP: 76P |
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