Make Meal times more pleasurable

Make sure your residents can express their preferences, use pictures and images

Serve meals in a quiet environment with no distractions.

Clear the table of everything but basic utensils and dishes; keep dishes plain use one colour.

Make sure the food isn’t too hot.

Serve only one or two foods at a time, and make every effort to serve the food the resident has chosen.

Try and have meals together as a group, and don’t rush the meal, let people take their time.

Be understanding if the patient can’t remember already having eaten.

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