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Promote nutrition and hydration in adult care settings

Table of Contents

In this tutorial you will learn:

The importance of a balanced diet and a strong and healthy body
What food groups a healthy balanced diet consists of
A definition of poor nutrition

Table of Contents

Presentation

Click to launch this lesson’s first presentation ‘Understanding nutrition, hydration, and pressure ulcers’.
Click to launch this lesson’s second presentation on ‘Dietary requirements’.

Click to learn about food labelling on the NHS Choices website.
Laser Learning reading text ‘Staying hydrated’. Click to read this text.
‘Dehydration' on the NHS Choices website. Click to read about what happens to your body when you don’t drink enough fluids.
‘Nutritional guidelines and menu checklist: for residential and nursing homes’ by the Public Health Agency.
Click on the icon and read ‘Prevalence of malnutrition in nursing, care and residential homes in Walsall’ from the Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust.
This document produced by the University of West London is on 'Hydration in care homes' and is a practical resource pack to support the hydration of care home residents.
Read the relevant sections of age groups in this article on ‘Nutrition through life’ from the British Nutrition Foundation. You may find the rest of the website contains helpful information.

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