These are just a few of the physical health team from the Royal Flying Doctors Tasmania. They recently took part in a statewide education day to help their physiotherapists and exercise physiologists navigate the minefield of educating their clients about nutrition. We covered the basics of the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating and moved through the world of fad diets to finish with some simple cost effective nutritious snacks at the end. A successful day with everyone feeling more confident to help their clients with nutrition and meet their overall health goals.
Providing training inhouse for your staff shows them they are valued and having them educated with the latest nutrition knowledge shows your clients and patients that they are valued. Our training sessions for your food service staff are provided in an environment they comfortable in allowing them to concentrate on learning. Hands on and practical and tailored to your needs our sessions always get great feedback. So get in touch today to organise your next skills and training session.
Menu reviews are not just a quick look at the menu on paper for balance and protein content. They are a look at the food system as a whole from the way goods are stored, how the food is prepared, presented and tastes. Speaking with the residents and observing the dining area and meal time experience is crucial and gives a greater understanding of the menu in its entirety rather than just a snapshot of the food on the day. That information is compiled together and compares how your organisation is performing against the Aged Care Quality Standards. If your menu hasn't been reviewed recently it is time to get in touch to see how your organisation is performing.
The International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative (IDDSI) guidelines for describing texture modified food and drinks have been around for a while now but how confident are you that your staff are across the detail? Meal time management plans document a client's needs for a safe meal time experience but if not followed properly can lead to to a choking incident or aspiration pneumonia, malnutrition & poor outcomes for your clients. Following procedure and staff training are key to minimising risk in your organisation.
Get in touch today to arrange your staff training session with real life scenarios and practical tips that your team can put in place immediately.
If you're based in Launceston and work in the disability sector we are offering nutrition training Tuesday 3rd of May. We start with the basics of providing good wholesome nutrition for your clients and work our way through to navigating your way through texture modified diets and mealtime management plans. We have had some excellent feedback with many participants saying they enjoyed the session and would able to implement something new in their practice or organisation from the knowledge they gained.
The best bit is that working with our partners from National Disability Services and thanks to a grant from Healthy Tasmania you or your organisation won't be out of pocket. That's right not a cent to pay for high quality nutrition training with a focus on people supporting individuals with a disability. Don't worry if you work in another part of the state we will be running a session near you soon. Get in touch to book your place for one of our sessions.
Training your food service staff is an invaluable investment in your organisation. All of our training packages are tailored to your business. No matter what your requirements are, we work with you to keep your staff up to date and informed. Get in touch soon to book your first session.
We are proud to be part of this great program with Carers Tasmania giving something back to all of those people volunteering to care for their communities. Not to mention getting a great lunch and talking about food & nutritionWe have a couple of healthy communities workshops that are coming up.
Cook2Care is a Care2Serve initiative that is free to all. It is a great workshop to learn about caring for your diet, cooking healthy meals on a budget. We also run Care2Grow where you can learn about edible gardens and seasonal produce.
In pictures - Dietician/Chef Stephen Hodgkinson running our Cook2Care session at West Moonah Neighbourhood House.
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Texture modified meals is not always something people are that passionate about and mealtime management is not a topic of interest for many. But for those with swallowing difficulty it is the only way they can eat and presenting food well can only enhance their dining experience. Maybe it's an area you would like your organisation to improve and increase the knowledge of your team. Get in touch and we can discuss your needs.
No job is too big or too small for us at Nutrition Solutions Tasmania! Making pizza is almost as much fun as designing your own pizza box while waiting for the others to arrive. This was another in our series to help people living with disability improve their skills and confidence in the kitchen.
