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Nutrition & Hydration Training

Nutrition & Hydration Training. Donna Steeden Support Services Manager. Catering Staff Training. Skills Gap Mealtime Experience “Beyond the Kitchen Walls”. Dedicated Training. Full Day Training – Dietician, Speech & Language Therapist

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Nutrition & Hydration Training

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  1. Nutrition & Hydration Training Donna Steeden Support Services Manager

  2. Catering Staff Training • Skills Gap • Mealtime Experience • “Beyond the Kitchen Walls”

  3. Dedicated Training • Full Day Training – Dietician, Speech & Language Therapist • Practical demonstrations – Soaked & Moulded Foods, Snack Tasting, Supplement Tasting • Workbook Sessions

  4. Barriers • Catering Training Impact Limited • Recognition of Importance (Nutritional Care) • Amount of Care Staff Training Already Required • Cost

  5. National Nutrition Day • Care Staff Training • Study Day Format • Morning & Afternoon Sessions • Aim – realise importance of nutritional care & impact their can have

  6. Nutrition in Older People • Balanced Diet • MUST • Snacks • Fortified Foods

  7. Hydration • Importance • Signs of dehydration • Consequences of dehydration • Practical steps to take: • Encouragement • Presentation • Opportunitites

  8. Pureed Diets • Dysphagia • Thickened Fluids • Soaked Foods • Moulded Foods • Mealtime Experience

  9. Feedback • Understanding of importance • Practical Things to Do • Understanding of Role Each Staff Member Can Play • Team Approach to Nutrition

  10. Future • Nutrition Champions • Rolling Training Program

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