by Leni Wood | Mar 21, 2024 | Nutrition for the Elderly
Nutrition and Hydration Week this year was a tasty, fun and colourful time across our Nellsar Homes. The awareness week is an international celebration of the importance of food and drink, which highlights the issue of dehydration and malnutrition which is still...
by Leni Wood | Feb 19, 2024 | Nutrition Champions
One of the things I am most proud and passionate about in my work with Nellsar is the Nutrition Lead job role I created and developed over the last few years. The role is completely unique to Nellsar, and its sole focus is on the person-centred nutrition and hydration...
by Leni Wood | Dec 7, 2023 | Training and Development
2023 has been a year of great achievement for Nellsar’s Care Home Nutrition and Catering department. Nutrition and Hydration Lead success We started the year strong with the Nutrition and Hydration Lead role developing into a more established position within our...
by Leni Wood | Dec 15, 2022 | Care Catering
What a year 2022 has been for Nutrition and Wellness across Nellsar Care Homes We have seen an acceleration in projects and development this year compared to the survival mode of the previous two years of the pandemic. As we all became more used to finding our feet at...
by Leni Wood | Aug 31, 2022 | Hydration
This summer has been so hot for us all! One of the main concerns for older people in hot weather can be dehydration. Many elderly people often drink less fluids; this can be due to thirst sensations decreasing with age, difficulties accessing drinks and fear of...