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Meal Service in Home Care

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Attentive meal service combined with healthy and flavoursome food can be a high point in the day of home care clients. Meal service for home care clients is a topic worthy of consideration, as studies show that malnutrition affects about 15% of home care recipients in Australia.

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Attentive meal service combined with healthy and flavoursome food can be a high point in the day of home care clients. Meal service for home care clients is a topic worthy of consideration, as studies show that malnutrition affects about 15% of home care recipients in Australia. It would be unwise to underestimate the effect that food presentation and service have on appetite and an individual’s eagerness to participate in mealtime. This article will provide tips for providing high-quality meal service to home care clients.

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Carmen Cutajar
30 Jun 2021
It was quick and simple to understand
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Susan Patten
26 Sep 2023
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Very helpful
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Janine Matheson
28 Jun 2021
New knowledge gained
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Roslyn Warner
03 Jul 2021
New knowledge found
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Jackie Jehoda
23 May 2023
Registered Nurse
This was very informative article. It helped to me to understand that meal services is a crucial component of high quality care.
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Christine Lind
12 Jul 2021
I found this course to be useful with engaging some of my more troubled clients with eating regularly.
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HEMA RANI
29 Sep 2021
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Emily Skeen
02 Nov 2021
good resourceful article
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Rachel Spence
27 Sep 2023
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It was concise and informative.
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