Hospitality

Why aged care food doesn’t need to be fancy to be dignified. Explore how resident choice, comfort and nostalgia shape meals in aged care, beyond the headlines.

The Pure Food Co is bringing brekky back for the tens of thousands of older Aussies with swallowing difficulties who are no longer able to enjoy the most important meal of the day.

HammondCare has launched its second Plant Room Café at its flagship Hammondville location in Sydney’s southwest, creating new supported employment opportunities for people with disabilities. 

The Pure Food Co has announced a new partnership with Regis Aged Care, one of Australia’s largest aged care providers, to deliver high-quality, nutritious, and flavourful meals to residents requiring texture-modified diets.

Food and nutrition in residential care remain a top priority for the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission. However, the Food, Nutrition and Dining Unit potentially faces months of uncertainty as its current funding allocation nears the end of its cycle – while the 2025 Budget hinges on federal election results. 

Food and nutrition standards in aged care will be enhanced thanks to the new Aged Care Act’s successful passage through Parliament.

Nothing beats good quality, nutritional food, and for Resthaven’s Michael Burton delivering quality meals across their 12 residential care homes every day is the goal.

The Government’s food, nutrition and dining hotline has been up and running for over a year, and with a $7.4 million price tag there are lofty expectations surrounding it and other food and nutrition reforms.

With four in ten aged care residents malnourished, aged care has a problem it cannot sweep under the rug.

In a new study, we’ve found four in ten older Australians living in residential aged care are not receiving enough of the right types of nutrients, resulting in loss of weight and muscle. This is known as malnutrition.