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Change4life – Ideas, recipes and games for families to help them lose weight and be healthy. Also Change4life Food Scanner App to scan foods and see how many cubes of sugar or fat it contains.
Nutracheck App nutracheck.co.uk Allows you to record food intake and track exercise and can be used to follow a well balanced, lower carb, 5:2, higher protein, lower fat or lower sugar diet.
Mynetdiary mynetdiary.com Log meals, exercise and weight. Bar code scanner.
Drinkaware App drinkaware.co.uk Track and calculate units of alcohol drunk and calorie from alcohol.
Leap with us-Home | Leap (leapwithus.org.uk) – Ideas and information on physical activities in Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes. Enter your postcode and sport/ activity you’d like to get involved in to find out what’s available.
Active Bucks Active Bucks | Buckinghamshire Council– supporting people to get more active across Bucks. If you want to try something new and would like to get a little more active register on Active Bucks. Get your first session free.
Couch to 5K Appnhs.uk/live-well/exercise/couch-to-5k-week-by-week Move off the couch and run 5K in just 9 weeks. Grab your trainers and follow the step-by-step audio instructions. Free to download from the app store.
Referrals to see a community dietitian must be submitted by a registered health care professional. GPs, primary care, community health and social care professionals can refer.
There are many factors which can cause malnutrition including poor appetite and poor intake of food and drink. This commonly results in weight loss as well as increased risk of infections and other illnesses.
It therefore essential that staff working in care homes are able to recognise the signs of malnutrition and initiate treatment as early as possible.
We have developed resources and videos to help improve your resident’s eating and drinking to reduce risk of malnutrition or treat it once diagnosed.
Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST) training webinar
Who is it for? All staff members working in Care Home environment that support residents with dementia with their eating and drinking.
Duration of training: 20 mins
Learning objectives:
Have a better understanding of how to support the nutritional needs of a resident with dementia.
Feel confident in using the information provided with residents with the aim of improving quality of life and reducing malnutrition risk.
Spotting and troubleshooting barriers to good nutrition and hydration.
To know when to seek more specialist nutrition support from the dietetic team
Food Fortification
The training webinars make reference to an approach called food fortification.
What is food fortification? Adding household ingredients to normal food to increase its nutritional content without increasing the amount of food which needs to be eaten
What is the aim of food fortification? To increase the nutritional intake by 500 calories a day. This can be achieved by fortifying meals, taking 2-3 small nutritious snacks in between meals and fortified milky drinks.
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust Community Dietetic Service, have made a series of YouTube videos that outline how to prepare fortified milk and homemade supplements
Who are they for? Chefs, Catering Assistants, Care Assistants, Nurses, Hostesses and Nutrition Champions working in Care Homes whose role is central to supporting residents to meet their nutritional needs, including preventing and treating malnutrition
Duration of training: Each video is 2-4 minutes long
