Afterwards, someone from the shinaga-ward office, who is in charge of food services, will be reporting on some cases.Then a panel discussion will be held.

The panelists will be; Ms.Masako Hirano, representative of (hukinoto) which has been active in food services for aged people since 1983 in setagaya -ward, tokyo. Mr. Takashi Mimura, chairman of the social welfare council which is implementing food service throughout the year in kasuga-city, fukuoka. ms.sawako fujita, representative of (akane group) in Sendai. Ms. kuriki, professor of the college of nutritional science, who is an expert on food services.

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With the increase in the number of aged, the number of aged families will increase. thus it is forecasted that the number of aged people who live alone will also incease. As we get old, we loose physical strength and gradually loose the will to prepare meals. therefore, people are relying on convenience store food and/or salty packed lunches from the market. many aged people have no choice but to eat nutritionally inbalanced food .

As a result,people are loosing life force and are becoming bedridden or sometimes need to have medical treatment. The forum, sponsored by scns to be held in october, will be a good opportunity to understand examples of food service for aged people and/or the result of research done by experts.

One of the projects of scns "pocket house" is providing food service for aged families. a network of food servicing groups in sendai was organized for the purpose of studying the role of food service in an aged society.

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