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