Lesson 1. Eating and drinking - more pleasant mealtimes
Let’s review what you have learned
- The person you care for needs to be encouraged and supported to eat and drink.
- You can engage the person you care for in a variety of mealtime activities to create a pleasant mealtime for them, which helps to improve self-worth and a feeling of achievement.
- Eating and drinking can be facilitated by modifying food, utensils and the environment.
- You can maintain good eating and drinking for the person you care for by improving their health condition. Seeking assistance from health professionals might be necessary.
- To help prevent dehydration, it is important to prompt the person living with dementia to drink.
- Record and monitor the amount of fluid they consume.
You finished this lesson, well done!
