Standard 6: Food and nutrition explains your responsibilities for providing food and drink that meets the needs and preferences of older people in residential care homes.
This standard recognises the importance of food, drink and the dining experience in older people’s lives. You’re responsible for making sure that the older people in your care enjoy appetising and nutritious food and drink and a quality dining experience every day.
Under this standard, you must:
- partner with older people to provide a quality food, drink and dining experience
- assess and meet the nutritional needs and preferences of each older person
- give older people choice about what and when they eat and drink
- meet the dining experience needs and preferences of older people.
You can find more information on the Standard 6 guidance page.
Who Standard 6 applies to
Standard 6 applies to Australian Government-funded aged care providers registered in Category 6: residential care (including respite).
Resources
These resources help providers and workers understand and comply with Standard 6: Food and nutrition. They encourage you to follow best practice in how you provide your services and help you to continuously improve.
- Standard 6: Food and Nutrition - Provider fact sheet
- Standard 6: Food and Nutrition - Introductory video
- Access our strengthened Quality Standards resources on our Guidance and resources page
