Our workshops and training courses empower aged care workers to enhance their knowledge in food, nutrition, and dining experiences, all of which play a crucial role in delivering quality care. We cover a wide range of topics, including Dysphagia and the IDDSI framework, Hospitality Basics, Customer Service, Strengthened Quality Standards, Dining Experience Optimization, Dementia and Dining, and Menu Design and Planning.
Contact us to discuss your organisation’s training needs. We can walk you through our developed programs and discuss your bespoke education needs.
How do you upskill, embed and shift culture around food, nutrition and dining experience across your aged care organisation? Empower your staff through our Nutrition Champions Program. It’s an engaging and rewarding program for aged care staff, volunteers and community members. Participants are empowered to lead initiatives within their aged care home to identify areas of improvement around food, nutrition and dining experience. Our Nutrition Champions program works to establish a collaborative environment within your organisation to share ideas, troubleshoot challenges and raise the bar around the food, nutrition and dining experience in a sustainable and empowering way.
Meals can make or break a resident’s day in aged care. Learn how to create moments of joy, comfort and connection through exceptional service.
Aged care requires a unique approach to hospitality. Our 3-module specialised training program designed for front of house care staff, offers practical skills to transform service. This training elevates vital hospitality skills while focusing attention on understanding and meeting the specific needs of older adults, ensuring that your service is professional, compassionate and respectful.
The Nourish Program is a proactive, food-first approach offering unprecedented results across industry. Nourish eradicates the need (and cost) of nutrition supplements and provides your team with a systemised process that reduced risk for homes, eases challenges on catering teams and improves resident wellbeing.
Our Texture Modified Chef Training is tailored for aged care chefs and cooks with advice centered around your specific kitchen and skills in preparing IDDSI compliant meals. Training covers compliance but doesn’t stop there! Our focus is on dining experience, so our training covers flavour, presentation, nutrition and resident dignity and choice are part of every meal prepared.
Enhance Your Aged Care Dining with Our Expert Menu Review Services
Our multidisciplinary team of Accredited Practising Dietitians, Chefs, and Dining Experience Experts bring a unique approach to menu reviews, setting us apart from other dietitian services.
We specialise in offering comprehensive yet practical menu and mealtime review solutions designed specifically for aged care homes. Our services provide expert advice, guidance, and support to help your home meet the requirements of the Strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards. By optimising your dining experience and incorporating meaningful resident involvement in menu planning, we ensure improved outcomes for both your residents and your establishment.
What Does the Lantern Menu and Mealtime Dining Experience Review Involve?
At Lantern and My Nutrition Clinic, our review process is led by experienced Accredited Practising Dietitians. We focus on five key areas proven to improve nutrition outcomes in aged care:
We delve into menu details such as variety, nutritional balance, and alignment with resident preferences, while ensuring compliance with the Strengthened Quality Standards and the IDDSI framework. Our onsite mealtime dining audits assess portion sizes, visual appeal, food presentation, and adherence to texture modification guidelines, including consistency with planned menus for modified diets. We also evaluate the overall dining experience, considering more than 60 aspects, including ambiance, staff interaction, meal delivery, and resident satisfaction—a taste of what we cover in our comprehensive Epicure Mealtime Assessment.
Why choose Lantern for your menu and mealtime review?
Our experienced multidisciplinary team takes a pragmatic approach to deliver a report that drives real improvement for both residents and the home. We measure the impact of our recommendations by evaluating the menu and dining experience within the broader context of the aged care home’s food and nutrition system. For a thorough menu and mealtime review that results in practical, positive changes, contact us today.
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