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Innovation, care and quality. This is what the aged care sector strives for to ensure every resident or home care client receives the best possible care.
The Department of Health and Aged Care’s recent webinar appearance focused on Quality Standards improvements, but they were also called to attention by concerns over the Maggie Beer Foundation’s impact.
The Aged Care Commission’s heightened focus on food and nutrition was on show as a recent webinar appearance highlighted improvement areas for aged care hospitality.
Tracking food consumption can be difficult to achieve when the right processes are not in place. Not paying attention to food wastage or not responding to changes in a resident’s health status can contribute to malnutrition.
Food and hospitality play an important yet sometimes underappreciated role in aged care. Yet the satisfaction of a good meal, pleasant dining experience and constructive relationship between residents, chefs and kitchen staff is intrinsic to a quality aged care experience. Its impact is further supported by the Government’s focus on food and nutrition (Standard 6) […]
For a long time the food being served in aged care facilities has come in for a lot of criticism but to keep its chefs on their toes and showcase their talents, Uniting NSW.ACT held its annual cooking competition and the results would fit right in at a top restaurant.
Residents at Opal HealthCare Epping Meadows recently became honorary culinary experts thanks to a special visit from world-renowned chef Darren Purchese.
With the potential for poor nutrition to take a bite out of staff productivity and well-being, it’s essential employers do all they can to support and promote healthy diets in the workplace.
Poor nutrition can have severe consequences for older people and knowingly so, the aged care sector has spent a large amount of time and resources working on providing quality and healthy nourishing food in residential facilities.
Ensuring consumers with dysphagia have their food texture needs met is important for their safety but that doesn’t mean the joy of eating should be sacrificed.
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