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Welsh Food Alliance / Cynghrair Bwyd Cymru
...make your views known!
Part 1. We invite your views on issues for public bodies to consider.
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a. Are gas / electricity costs affecting your food choices / cooking method in any way?
Yes
No
If yes, please explain
b. Do you have difficulties in getting your shopping home?
Yes
No
If yes, give details
c. Do you have difficulties in preparing and cooking food, or using equipment?
Yes
No
If yes, give details
d. During periods of bad weather, or illness, would you welcome 'Meals on Wheels' for a limited period of time?
Yes
No
e. Over the last 12 months what experience have you had either as a patient/client or as a carer, of food provided in a hospital and/or a residential or nursing home? (Please specify)
f. For older people at home, malnutrition can increase with ageing. Over the past 12 months what experience have you had personally or as a carer, of difficulties in buying , preparing, cooking & eating food when you/the cared for person were unwell?
g. Do you take advantage of any local activities, which include a meal, eg a lunch group?
Yes
No
If yes, how frequently, eg number of times per month?
h. What do you consider to be the main causes of malnutrition in an ageing population?
i. What action should be taken to tackle this issue?
j. How important is it that health and social care professions/workers are knowledgeable about food and nutrition? 1 = very important: 5 = no importance
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Part 2. Food retailer issues - how important are the following to you?
Please score by clicking on button - 1. Very important --> 5. No importance
In-shop facilities
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4
5
a. Clearer larger internal store signs
b. Well-placed buttons to call for assistance
c. Magnifying aids to read price /product information
d. Comfortable seating/resting facilities
e. Grocery trolleys with a built in comfortable seat
f. Small baskets with wheels
g. Access to an 'in-store' telephone
h. Easy access to toilets, including disabled toilets
Accessibility
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2
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i. Wider aisles and check-outs
j. Making goods easy to reach on shelves
k. Easy to see and reach food from freezer cabinets
l. Home food delivery service from the store
m. Local store taking order on the telephone and delivering
n. Hearing aid loop at the check-out
o. Home delivered pre-prepared frozen meals
Practical aspects
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5
p. Easier packaging / opening of containers
q. Price promotion on single items that meet my needs
r. Small portions on sale
s. Quick visit section with easy access to basic needs
t. A range of relevant non-food items
u. Stocking of suitable special diet foods
v. 'In store' skilled practical assistants to advise on, eg, freezing food, how to make food interesting, cooking for one, vegetarian dishes, etc.
w. How important are the factors above - rather than prices - in your decision to shop in one store rather than another?
Are you
Female
Male
Are you aged:
50 - 59
60 - 74
75 - 84
85 or over
Size of household
Single person household
more than 1 in household
Where do you live:
England
Scotland
Wales
N.Ireland
other (this survey analysed for UK only)
Do you live in a
Rural
semi Urban
Urban area
Do you have Internet access?
Yes
No
Would you please tell us where you heard about this survey? Thank you
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