Fluids and Nutrition in Care Training
Our CPD-accredited Fluids and Nutrition in Care training works alongside Standard 8 of the Care Certificate and provides information on the importance of a balanced and nutritious diet for the elderly in a care setting.
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Poor nutrition and dehydration affect over 3 million people in the UK alone and the associated healthcare costs are as high as £20 billion every year
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Learning outcomes
- Understand what good nutrition involves and how to spot if your patients aren't getting what they need to stay healthy
- Learn about food safety, what the risks are and how to avoid them, and who is most at risk from contamination
- Consider how you can support and promote access to the fluids, foods, and nutrients the people in your care both need and want
Covered in this Fluids and Nutrition in Care course
Course contents
This Fluids and Nutrition training course is broken down into 3 sections
- 1Nutrition and Hydration
- 2Food Safety
- 3Promoting Adequate Nutrition and Hydration
Section 1
What we eat and drink is absolutely vital to both our physical health and our mental wellbeing. In our first section, we will look at the importance of nutrition and hydration for those in Care who may not be able to do this for themselves and may rely on you to provide them with all the fluids and nutrients they need.
Section 2
Whether you regularly prepare meals for your patients or simply supply the odd snack or two, you need to make sure that what you provide them with is safe and free from contamination. There are four types of food contaminants: physical, chemical, allergenic and bacterial.
Section 3
Whenever anybody enters care or receives support from a care worker, even if it’s only short term, an assessment should be made about their nutrition and hydration to find out exactly what needs they have. The assessment should be recorded in their Care Plan and should cover whether they have any food allergiesand whether they need any support eating and drinking.
About this course
What we put into our body is vital to our health and wellbeing, this is a particular concern for those living in Care. It is vital that those living in Care get the proper nutrients and diet that they need as (in some cases) they are more susceptible to illness.
As well as knowing what fluids, foods and nutrition patients will need and how to handle food safety, employees in Care will also know what signs and symptoms of poor nutrition and hydration to look out for.
Employees will learn the importance of good nutrition and hydration and why it is important for maintaining good health and wellbeing in Care residents.
Standard 8 of the Care Certificate – Fluids and Nutrition – ensures that staff:
- Understand the principles of hydration, food safety and nutrition
- Help individuals to have access to fluids which sit in line with their care plan
- Help individuals to have access to food and nutrition in line with their care plan
For more information about Food Safety & Hygiene (Level 1 & Level 2) in the Workplace or Food Allergens, take a look at our Food Safety & Hygiene bundle.
You can access our free worksheet that has been designed to accompany our online Fluids and Nutrition in Care training course. In each section, there is a box for you to tick when you have watched the relevant slide in our course. You can also take notes that will help you during your practical assessment at work.
This course works alongside our 14 other awareness courses that make up the Care Certificate Standards.
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Each of our courses ends with a multiple-choice test to measure your knowledge of the material.
This Fluids and Nutrition training course concludes with a 15-question multiple choice test with a printable certificate. In addition, brief in-course questions guide the user through the sections of the training and are designed to reinforce learning and ensure maximum user engagement throughout.
As well as printable user certificates, training progress and results are all stored centrally in your LMS (Learning Management System) and can be accessed any time to reprint certificates, check and set pass marks and act as proof of a commitment to ongoing legal compliance.
What does my certificate include?
Your Fluids and Nutrition in Care Certificate includes your name, company name (if applicable), name of course taken, pass percentage, date of completion, expiry date and stamps of approval or accreditations by recognised authorities.
Please note if you are using our course content via SCORM in a third party LMS then we are unable to provide certificates and you will need to generate these in your host LMS yourself.
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Why is Fluids and Nutrition in Care training important?
Compliance
It’s important to comply with the law and know how it affects you and the way you work.
Fluids and Nutrition in Care are Standard 8 of the 15 standards that are in the Care Certificate. Those who have job roles in the health and social care sector are shown what is expected of them in the Care Certificate which is an agreed set of standards that employees need to pass. It forms part of an induction programme that should be covered if you are ‘new to care’.
The Care Certificate was developed by Skills for Care, Health Education England and Skills for Health.
