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Improving mealtimes
— it started with listening | | Author(s) | Louise Chambers |
| Journal title | Journal of Dementia Care, vol 21, no 6, November/December 2013 |
| Publisher | Hawker Publications, November/December 2013 |
| Pages | pp 12-13 |
| Source | www.careinfo.org |
| Keywords | Food ; Meals services ; Nursing homes ; Communication ; The Family ; Residents [care homes] ; Care home staff ; Bristol. |
| Annotation | The Head of Elder Care at the Milestones Trust, the charity which runs Humphry Repton House, a nursing home on the outskirts of Bristol, shares how residents' family members prompted much-needed improvements in food and mealtimes. She describes the path taken from the unpalatable food that had been served, to finding out residents' likes and dislikes, changes in how staff worked, and sourcing food to improving the quality of meals. The latter is being achieved by working with the Soil Association on sustainability. Cost implications and future plans are outlined, for example on nutrition and diet to improve residents' well-being and activity levels. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-131108201 A |
| Classmark | YP: NR: LHB: U: SJ: KX: QRM: 8AB |
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