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2000 care homes missing basic mealtime standards - Burstow
March 13, 2006 10:18 AM
Following the publication of the Commission for Social Care Inspection's report Highlight of the Day: Improving meals for older people in care homes, Liberal Democrat MP Paul Burstow, who has been campaigning in Parliament for clear nutrient based standards for care home meals in his private member's Bill, Care of Older and Incapacitated People (Human Rights) Bill said:
"This helpful guide for care home managers is a welcome step to improve the poor state of food provided to frail older people in some care homes across the country.
"The fact that almost two thousand care homes failed to meet basic mealtime standards last year is a serious cause for concern, especially when figures show over 60,000 elderly care home residents may be malnourished at any one time.
"Expert guidance published last month called for all residents to be screened for malnutrition on admission to care homes. Ministers must now ensure that all care homes are assessed on their ability to undertake this screening in their review of national minimum standards due this year.
"The Commission is right to say that the training of staff and the choice of food on offer are important but it must also be a priority for the Government to ensure that there are clear national standards for nutrition in care homes."
ENDS.
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