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Can medication given to those with learning difficulties have an impact on nutrition?
March 25, 2025
The impact of medication on individuals with learning disabilities is often overlooked despite these individuals often taking a large number of different drugs, both those prescribed by medical practitioners and…
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Care providers urged to understand signs of malnutrition and dehydration in an awareness campaign
October 11, 2022
UK Malnutrition Awareness Week (UKMAW) 2022 takes place from 10 – 16 October. Now in its fifth year, the week led by BAPEN and the Malnutrition Task Force, aims to…
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Creating Healthier Workplaces
December 3, 2021
Laura Wood continues our compelling series that offers useful tips on how providers can improve their workplace for their work colleagues. Healthy workplaces support staff to lead healthy lifestyles so…
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How to Create an Organic Vegetable Programme that Lasts Beyond September
September 17, 2021
To mark Organic September, which celebrates the many benefits of organic farming, let me begin this piece by quoting an amazing statistic from the Soil Association. It says that farming…
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Everything you need for Food Safety in a Care Setting
February 9, 2021
What is the QCS Food Safety Manual? The Food Safety Manual was produced to offer a streamlined way for anyone with responsibility for food provision to deliver this…
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Men’s Health Week – Food Toolkit
June 19, 2020
Download our Food Toolkit for Men here. Download Now ‘Take Action on Covid-19’ is this year Men’s Health Week theme, runs from 15-21 June. With men being recorded as a…
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Pureed Diet
December 20, 2018
Recent press reports have highlighted data that in the last 5 years 1,463 died in Care Homes from malnutrition, dehydration or bedsores. To highlight the importance of nutrition and hydration…
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Swallowing Difficulties – A Serious Issue
March 12, 2018
Swallowing Awareness Day 2018 is on March 14th and provides us with a good opportunity to reflect on how Dysphagia (the medical term for swallowing difficulties) can affect people’s lives.…
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