Food services in residential aged care: Financial, personnel, and service delivery factors (2008-2011)
Abstract
We take a multidimensional view of food intake and malnutrition in residential aged care, including: the amount of food wastage; rates of malnutrition & malnutrition risk; resident foodservice satisfaction & resident characteristics; level amount of eating assistance provided; foodservice personnel & foodservice system characteristics like special diets; & financial system traits. The research will provide a robust basis for ensuring food services are high quality, resident-focused and delivered better. It will provide evidence of the need for foodservice systems & strategies that maximise residents' independence, autonomy and quality of life, & thereby assist in preventing/managing the national problem of malnutrition in aged care.'',
