Residents and employees at Archers Court Care Home in Farringdon, took half in actions to share the message on the significance of fine diet in older age.
Throughout the week, care employees pulled out all of the stops to create modern and informative group periods to go hand-in-hand with the day’s particular Nutrition & Hydration theme together with Magnificent Monday, Taste Testing Tuesday, Weigh-in Wednesday, Thirsty Thursday and Fruity Friday.
Daily actions targeted on how employees can make certain all residents obtain their sources of nutritional vitamins, minerals, fibre and water to maintain them match and wholesome.
The care dwelling was totally stocked with recent fruit and greens guaranteeing residents had been getting their 5 a day. Hydration stations had been arrange in excessive visibility areas, providing fruity drinks to maintain residents feeling revitalised and revived.
Sharon Easterbrook-Smith, Care Home Manager, commented on the success of the academic actions and periods hosted by employees, she stated: “Keeping an eye fixed on our resident’s weight and the dietary worth within the meals they eat can stop any unplanned weight reduction and make us conscious of the primary indicators of malnutrition.
“Both employees and residents have totally loved all the week and have taken away some priceless info from the day by day periods.”
As nicely as attaining excessive requirements of dietary and engaging meals for residents, Archers Court additionally holds a Foods Standards Agency (FSA) 5-star meals hygiene score.
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