Online Elderly Diet Consultant

To collaborate with nutritionists and housewives to design recipes for elderly with hypertension and diabetes

Diets for the elderly, particularly those with hypertension and diabetes, must be given extra attention. The elderly’s caregivers, however, often encounter difficulties in preparing a balanced diet with food varieties. They tend to cook repetitive dishes which would result in the bad appetite and worsened health conditions of the elderly.

The venture team will collaborate with nutritionists and housewives to design recipes of healthy meal and soup for elderly with hypertension or diabetes. Videos of cooking demonstrations will also be produced. The objectives are to provide a balanced diet for the elderly as well as to relieve the stress of caregivers in preparing the meals.

An online survey will be conducted to collect the views of elderly and the caregivers on their satisfaction level regarding the taste and preparation time for the dishes.

• Designed and completed 120 recipes and cooking demonstration videos of healthy meals and soup for elderly with hypertension or diabetes
• Distributed 3 000 pamphlets of hypertension and diabetes recipes to 20 elderly care centres and 13 other organisations
• Developed a mobile application on both Apple and Android platforms, with functions including diet record, blood pressure and calories intake record, recipe database, etc
• Conducted 2 online seminars in relation to diabetes and hypertension for over 400 members of the public
• Recruited 2 housewives, one nutritionist and a staff member to design the recipes and film cooking demonstration videos