Meal Assistance at Home
It may be just a meal to you, but that meal is full of nutrients that are vital to maintain an older person's wellbeing. Learn how to support those who need assistance with eating, to ensure a dignified and enjoyable mealtime.
Description
In this set, personal care workers will learn various strategies to accommodate and enhance the mealtime experience for older Australians at home. Learners will recall key concepts to help with meal planning, mealtime preparation and upkeep of safe food handling and hygiene to avoid ailments such as food poisoning.
Learning Objective
By the end of this question set, learners will be able to:
- Identify meal assistance strategies to encourage active participation in mealtimes.
- Identify appropriate food handling strategies to ensure food safety and hygiene.
- Recall key concepts relating meal planning to improve food consumption and nutrition.
Questions
- Before mealtime
- During mealtime
- Feeding aids
- Full assistance
- Physical assistance
- After mealtime
- Food Standards
- Standards for fluids
- Food poisoning
- Food Safety
- Food choices
- Signs of distress
Meal Assistance at Home
It may be just a meal to you, but that meal is full of nutrients that are vital to maintain an older person's wellbeing. Learn how to support those who need assistance with eating, to ensure a dignified and enjoyable mealtime.
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