Prof. Dr. Martina Hasseler, Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Health and Nursing Sciences

Prof. Dr. Michael Feldhaus, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Department of Social Sciences, Sociology of the Life Course and Social Inequality

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andreas Hein, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Department of Health Services Research, Assistance Systems and Medical Device Technology

Dr. Rebecca Diekmann, OFFIS Institute e.V. Oldenburg, Assistive Technologies for Care and Health Professionals

In the long-term care of older people, evidence-based and individualized nutrition and fluid intake is of great importance for maintaining health and reducing the progression of the need for care. However, there is a lack of differentiated findings for culturally and diversity-sensitive nutrition and fluid intake that also correspond to the guidelines and latest findings of nutritional science and the needs of those in need of care. Individually oriented nursing care is made possible with the nursing process, which assesses the relevant health and personality-related information, including for nutrition and hydration, and implements and documents professional nursing care. This process should be supported with interdisciplinary and user-centred developed digital tools in order to make long-term nursing care fit for the future. Accordingly, the research project addresses the question of how aspects of cultural diversity and social inequality in the area of nutrition and eating can be efficiently taken into account in long-term care and in consequence lead to the best possible state of health and an increased quality of life in older nursing home residents.