Category: Care Homes
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Strengthening Family Bonds
Keeping care home residents connected with family members during the COVID-19 crisis is essential to their wellbeing. Erika Burany, marketing manager, elderly channel, Unilever Food Solutions, explains:“Staying in touch with loved ones isn’t always easy for residents. With physical and verbal interactions limited in the current, unprecedented climate in which our nation finds itself, it’s…
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The National Association of Care Catering launches its Care Chef of the Year 2023 competition
The National Association of Care Catering’s (NACC) Care Chef of the Year 2023 competition has opened for entries, officially starting the association’s search for the best chef working in the care sector. The prestigious competition has been celebrating the culinary talent across the care sector for 23 years. Open to all chefs and cooks working…
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Festive activities for Care Homes
The festive season provides an abundance of opportunities for creative activities for care home residents. Natalie Ravenscroft, Wellbeing Support Manager from charity National Activity Providers Association (NAPA), whose background includes working as an activity provider in care homes, says “For me, the festive season is the most vibrant, uplifting and busy time for any activity…
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Spread the love with a little warmth
As summer starts to fade and autumn creeps in, our attention is drawn to creative ideas for keeping customers warm with hot drinks. Featuring enticing aromas that attract customers inside or stirs a happy memory, there is more to a hot drink than meets the eye. In the care or health sectors, hot drinks are…
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Promoting Inclusion: Catering for customers with disabilities
The 2019-2020 Family Resources Survey reported that there are 14.1 million disabled people in the UK, 8% of whom are children, 19% are adults and 46% are pensioners. Disabilities can be both hidden and visible, so it is important to understand the wide range of needs customers may have and adapt catering accordingly. By doing…
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Managing food allergies and intolerances in care homes
With Allergy Awareness Week taking place from 25-30th April, it is the ideal time to put allergen management top of mind and update policies and training. Understanding and managing food allergies in care homes is vitally important, especially for residents with dementia as the consequences can be fatal. One of the most common issues amongst…
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The NACC launches its Care Chef of the Year 2022 competition
The National Association of Care Catering’s (NACC) Care Chef of the Year competition has opened for entries, officially starting the association’s search for the best chef working in the care sector. The prestigious competition has been shining a spotlight on culinary talent across the care sector for 22 years. Open to all chefs and cooks…
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Rising Star – Aaron Watson
Chef Aaron Watson made the transition from restaurant kitchens to the care sector and has never looked back. In the last year he was crowned Care Chef of the Year by the NACC and is passionate about leading his team at Primrose Bank to create a centre of excellence for care catering in the North…
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Four Decades of Change, Challenges and Catering in the Health Service
Last year, Brian Robb, Honorary National Chair of the Hospital Caterers Association (HCA) and Area Soft Facilities Manager at NHS Lothian, celebrated 40 years in the health service. “It feels like yesterday,” says Brian. “I met my wife Susan in the NHS after my first six months and within two years we were married.” After…
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NACC joins forces
The National Association of Care Catering (NACC) is joining forces with the Hospital Caterers Association (HCA) to meet with Lord Kamall, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Technology, Innovation and Life Sciences at the Department of Health and Social Care, to ensure the key challenges facing health and social care catering are understood and recognised…