Strength for Caregiving

The goal of this single-arm pre-post study is to promote elderly (≥ 65 years) family caregivers' dietary habits, well-being and functional capacity through comprehensive nutritional guidance. The main goals of the project are to: * Improve the well-being, resilience, and functional capacity of the participating family caregivers through the comprehensive nutritional counseling implemented as part of the project. * Create a nutrition counseling model that promotes the well-being and coping of family caregivers and can also be utilized in well-being services counties after the project concludes. * Produce up-to-date and practical nutrition materials for family caregivers. The project participants will participate in two individual nutrition counselling sessions and three group nutrition counseling sessions over a period of ten months. Researchers will compare the results of the participants' baseline and final measurements to see if nutrition counseling is effective in improving family caregivers' well-being, resilience, and functional capacity.

Inclusion Criteria: * Born in 1961 or earlier (i.e. aged over 65 years) * Adequate Finnish language skills * Able to give informed written consent * Acting as a caregiver (with or without a formal caregiver contract) in the areas of Pori, Rauma, or Kankaanpää * Normal cognition (participants with an MMSE score below 24 will be assessed by the responsible physician) Exclusion Criteria: * Serious acute illness or inability to act as an informal caregiver * A condition, ailment, or underlying health risk that is poorly controlled and that participation in the study could exacerbate, or a terminal illness (Consultation of the doctor in charge, if necessary, in unclear cases) * Born in 1961 or later (i.e. aged under 65 years) * Substance abuse based on the AUDIT-C score (consultation of the doctor in charge)