| Summary: | 碩士 === 台南應用科技大學 === 生活服務產業系生活應用科學碩士班 === 106 === This study aimed at two community Caring Centers in Chiayi City, they served lunch for elders. Purpose of this study is to research the current situation of participants'' lifestyles and well-being, the factors that affected this eating pattern, and the strategies for improving the life quality of co-eaters. Research method of this study was used for analyses of mean, standard deviation, t test, one-way ANOVA, Regression analysis, and In-Depth Interviews. In this study，259 elders over 65 years old were surveyed. Be aware that the Communicator participates in the questionnaire, collects their basic data, the dining situation and the happiness scale, supplemented by the in-depth interview of qualitative research. Most elders in this study were between 65-70 years old, they were able to come and join the co-meal service. The current status of life styles and well-being of the elders in the community, and the reliability and validity of the questionnaires in the study were explained through experts'' and scholars'' checks and factor analysis reliability tests, with "cognitive evaluation", "individual resources or restrictions", "social resources support Systems" and "environmental incidents" could explained the total variance of 67.9%, of which the economic conditions and the frequency of co-meals had the most significant differences in the four aspects of happiness for the two items (p<0.5). There were significant differences in the three dimensions of well-being for those suffering from chronic diseases. Elders eating together, interacting with others, would increase their happiness. There are individualized differences in happiness. Therefore, for self-contained commensal food groups, data collected through in-depth interviews and analysis by grounded theory could be divided into four propositions. The results showed our body functions couldn’t follow the daily life. Elders couldn’t fit in living alone, leading to degeneration of the body and psychological loneliness. Besides, Elders who participate in co-meal would not change their physical behavior obviously, they still need more social support systems. Therefore, the results of this study showed that implementation of meal should be started from the community. Elders chose their own way of eating, could improve their social support , help to maintain their physical conditions.To promote co-meal would successfully achieve "locally and healthy aging” policy in the future.
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