Nutrition In Care Homes

The Care Home Dietitians in NHSGGC cover all Care Homes across Greater Glasgow and Clyde. Their job role is primarily training and quality improvement. This includes data collection, improvement work, menu analysis, close multidisciplinary team working, and mealtime observations.

We work in partnership with Care Homes by supporting them with the tools and education needed to improve resident care and outcomes from a food, fluid and nutritional care perspective.

Along with Community Dietetics, the Care Home Dietetic Team has a role within the Care Home Collaborative. For more information about this team, please see their website on the button below

Care Home Collaborative

Good nutrition has a vital role in supporting people of all ages to maintain good health, this is especially true within the Care Home setting.

To support the management of Malnutrition within Care and Residential Homes a series of MUST training videos have been developed. See below

MUST training in Care Homes

Video 1 provides an overview of the Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST) and how to carry out the calculations.

Video 2 describes The MUST Step 5 Management Plan.

Video 3 provides an overview of Food Fortification including Food First strategies, snacks and nourishing drinks.

Video 4 is a case study discussion to review the completion and progress of a MUST Step Management Plan from initial completion through to the 4 week review

Video 5 is a case study discussion to review the completion and progress of a MUST Step 5 Management Plan from initial completion through to the 4 week and 8 week review.