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JOURNAL OF APPLIED GERONTOLOGY
Volume 19, Issue 4, Pages 405-423Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/073346480001900403
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The aim of this qualitative interview study was to delineate the meaning of preparing, cooking, and serving meals among retired single living and cohabiting women. Sixty-three women living in two Swedish cities and their rural surroundings participated The findings showed that the profound meaning was to do something for others. The whole procedure of preparing a meal could be seen as preparing a gift. Four phases were identified:finding out what to serve, cooking with fresh ingredients, presenting the gift in a beautiful manner and enjoying the gift in commensality. Cohabiting women went on cooking with duty and joy as they had done before retirement as long as their power was maintained. For widows, especially those who had recently lost their spouse, the whole meaning of cooking and eating was lost, and among these women there is a risk of poor nutritional intake.
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