We’re offering a new education program to help registered providers improve the quality and safety of their food, nutrition and dining services. The education program will cover common and emerging issues affecting food and nutrition in aged care.
This program is educational; it’s not a regulatory activity. It’s part of our commitment to improve knowledge and capability in aged care. The targeted education can help providers to meet their obligations.
The first workshop focuses on eating, drinking and swallowing (EDS) difficulties. It covers:
- person-centred, rights-based care approaches
- evidence-based best practice to identify, manage and monitor EDS difficulties safely and effectively.
About the education program
Our food, nutrition and dining education program:
- is free
- is delivered onsite – we will come to you
- is face-to-face
- includes practical education and specific advice for your service
- training and learning materials to:
- encourage best practice care and services
- reduce the number of choking deaths in aged care.
Identifying, managing and monitoring eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties workshop
We will deliver this half-day workshop at your residential service.
It focuses on:
- how to identify, manage, monitor and respond to EDS difficulties and risk safely and effectively
- the importance of clinical governance to identify EDS difficulties and provide safe, quality care to people who experience them
- how to use a rights-based approach to support people with EDS difficulties
- best practice for managing EDS difficulties and ways to improve.
It’s for:
- leaders
- responsible persons
- people who manage quality, compliance and education.
Who’s delivering the program
Qualified and experienced clinicians from our Food Nutrition and Dining Unit will deliver the education program.
When we’re delivering the program
The program starts in June 2026. We will start by offering workshops to 50 registered residential aged care providers (category 6).
How to get involved
The program is open to all registered residential aged care providers. Please refer to the expression of interest form for the selection criteria.
If you want to apply for the program, please complete the expression of interest form. Please note, we will only contact successful applicants.
