Nutrition and Hydration

The Nutrition and Hydration training course is designed to equip care staff with essential knowledge and practical skills to ensure proper nutrition and hydration for individuals in their care.

  • Suitable for: Residential care staff and domiciliary care workers

  • Delivery method: Face-to-face / Virtual training

  • Course length: ½ day

  • Max attendees: 15 delegates

Who is this Nutrition and Hydration training for?

This CPD training course is designed for organisations wishing to train 8 or more staff members and can be delivered either face-to-face, or as an online webinar. For further information, please contact us on 02920 494 969 or make an online enquiry.

Course information

This training is crucial for those working with elderly or vulnerable adults, including care home staff, domiciliary carers, and support workers in hospitals or community settings. Key topics within this course cover: why a person receiving care may not be getting optimum nutrition and hydration, identifying possible outcomes of malnutrition and under hydration, and suggests how these potential problems can be overcome by encouraging and supporting positive eating and drinking.

As a result of attending this Nutrition and Hydration training course, participants will be able to identify signs of malnutrition and under hydration, they will have discussed possible techniques to ensure service users are well nourished. Participants will also be able to identify the different food groups, know where to find them and the role they play in nutrition.

The training course covers such topics as:

  • Nutritional care introduction
  • What prevents people from eating correctly?
  • What problems arise from malnutrition?
  • Timing of meals and snacks
  • The environment in which meals and snacks are served
  • Preparation of residents for meal times
  • Encouragement of independence and involvement in mealtimes
  • Providing support and encouraging service users to eat and drink
  • Risk assessing residents
  • How to spot the signs of malnutrition and using the Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST)
  • What do you do if you believe a service user is suffering from malnutrition?
  • What are the signs of being under hydrated?
  • Why might someone not be fully hydrated?
  • How can we encourage service users to keep hydrated?
  • The food groups and food safety

Delivery methods

Acute Training Solutions strive to deliver an engaging and informative learning experience in a safe and inclusive environment. All of our training courses are delivered by experienced healthcare professionals across the UK. This healthcare training course is available via the following delivery methods…

This course can be delivered to a maximum of 15 delegates and can be tailored to meet your organisation's specific needs.

This course can be delivered via Zoom or MS Teams to a maximum of 20 delegates. Virtual sessions are most commonly used as refresher training sessions. Please note that there is no hands-on practical element in this training; practical elements are displayed using video examples.

Make an enquiry

Acute Training Solutions can provide tailored healthcare training to your organisation or team. To find out more about this course, please contact us on 02920 494 969 or complete the short online form below. A member of our team will be in touch right away.