Department of Nutrition and Dietetics

Nutrition Matters – Care Homes

• Nutrition Matters – Care Homes
  Nutrition Matters has been produced by NHS Lanarkshire Dietetic Service to assist staff in care homes to identify malnutrition and deliver nutritional interventions for residents as soon as the need arises.

Quick links to Appendices

• Finger Foods
• Food Fortification (100 kcal Boosters)
• Four Week Food Administration Record (FAR)
• Get More In Nourishing Snacks
• Guidance notes for MUST Step 5
• Healthy Eating
• MUST Score Resident Record Template
• Nutrition and End Of Life Care
• Nutrition and Wound Healing
• Nutritional Concerns in Dementia
• Oral Health
• Project Milkshake
• Referral Form
• Texture Modified Snacks
• Useful Links
• Weight Management within the Care Home

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Useful Resources

• Nutrition Matters – Care Homes
  Nutrition Matters has been produced by NHS Lanarkshire Dietetic Service to assist staff in care homes to identify malnutrition and deliver nutritional interventions for residents as soon as the need arises.
• Care Home Digest – The Association of Dietitians (BDA)
  Menu planning and food service guidelines for older adults living in care homes

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