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Tips from the Australian Government Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission on how to ensure enjoyable mealtime experiences for residents, based on discussions with the Expert Advisory Group.

This information sheet from the Australian Government Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission outlines how to provide texture modified food and drink that is still appetising by consulting with residents, correct preparation of meals and continual eating assessments for modifications.

An information sheet from the Australian Governement Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission outlining how staff can support residents with swallowing difficulties to have safe and enjoyable dining experiences. With a guide to recognising difficulties, when to refer to allied health professionals and how to implement support plans with residents.

A poster by the Australian Government Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission outlining the importance of providing choices to residents around their meals and dining experience, and how to deliver the chosen options.

This information sheet from the Australian Government Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission outlines resident's rights to choices and how to support and inform them correctly, including when to consult with other health professionals to correctly inform residents.

This information sheet from the Australian Government Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission outlines how providers can create enjoyable dining experiences for residents by supporting meal consumption, reducing malnutrition and dehydration, and meeting aged care quality standards for nutritious meals.

The final webinar of three by the Australian Government Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission discussing food, dining and nutrition in aged care with a focus on swallowing difficulties and texture modification. 1 h

A report provided by the Australian Government Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission outlining the importance of food and dining experiences to resident's health and wellbeing, providing themes from survey responses on what aspects of current food and dining experiences residents value and which areas could use improvement.

This poster published by the Australian Government Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission defines resident's rights to take risks regarding food preferences and what support to expect from their providers.

Aged care can shorten development time and increase implementation effectiveness by learning from the previous experiences of the healthcare sector's clinical governance pathways. In this blog, the Australasian Institute of Clinical Governance details four key clinical governance implementation 'rabbit holes', highlighting how stepping over or around these holes can help aged care reduce clinical governance evolution time and increase positive point of care impact.