Food, Fluid and Nutrition
Please use the links below for accessing a variety of resources supporting food, fluid and nutritional needs for care home residents.
- Background information on undernutrition
- Care Inspectorate - Safe Swallowing Practice note
- Care Inspectorate - Supporting People with Eating, Drinking and Swallowing Difficulties
- Eating and Drinking Well in Care: Good Practice Guidance for Older People
- Food Fortification
- Fortified Milkshake Recipes (Project Milkshake)
- Fortified juice using egg white powder
- How to fortify your milk
- Know how to use 'MUST' (The Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool)
- Manual for Mealtimes
- Manual for Mealtimes Prompt Poster
- Nourishing Drinks
- Nutrition & Dietetics SSSC Learning Zone & Open Badges
- Nutrition and Dietetic Service website
- Nutrition and Dietetic Online Referral (Inhealthcare)
- Signs and symptoms of undernutrition
- STEP 5 MUST Management Guidelines For Care Homes
- Supporting people with eating - drinking and swallowing using the Manual for Mealtimes
- Thickened Fluids