Stories from Heywood Rural Health
Meet Sharron, Brad and Leigh from Heywood Rural Health aged care home. Sharron, a resident, shares what good food means to her and the improvements she's seen since her aged care home started the Maggie Beer Foundation’s training. Chef Brad and manager Leigh explain what motivates them to improve food and dining for residents.
Stories from Charles Chambers Court
Meet Achmed, the chef at Mission’s Australia Charles Chambers Court aged care home, and manager Steve. Since starting the Maggie Beer Foundation’s training they have shifted the focus to the whole food experience – from flavour and presentation, to monthly themed events.
Stories from Arcare Aged Care
Meet chef Lata and managers David and Wayne from Arcare Aged Care. National food and beverage manager Wayne is preparing for the new Aged Care Act’s food and nutrition requirements by supporting his whole team to complete the Maggie Beer Foundation’s training.
Valmer Streeter – resident
Valmer is a resident at BaptistCare Orana aged care home. She opens up on how her aged care home has improved her food and dining experience.
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Darren Ho – chef
Darren is the chef manager at BaptistCare Orana. He shares the changes his team have made to improve the food, nutrition and dining experience for residents.
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Michele Buxton – manager
Michele is residential manager at BaptistCare Orana. She describes how training their chefs, cooks and lifestyle staff has transformed residents’ food and dining experiences.
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Wendy Carlier – resident
Wendy is a resident at Heathcote Health aged care home. She opens up about how her aged care home has improved food quality and is offering more choice for residents.
Jenny Casey – catering manager
Catering Manager Jenny talks about the changes they have made to better meet residents’ food preferences and nutritional requirements at Heathcote Health.
Andrew Walker – manager
Andrew is corporate services manager at Heathcote Health’s aged care home. He shares how they are making changes to improve residents’ dining experiences and meet the new food and nutrition Quality Standard.
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Marlene Kempster – resident
Marlene is a resident at Resthaven Marion. She talks about how aged care kitchen staff accommodate her preferences and provide her with a good choice of food.
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Nikesh Poudel – head cook
Nikesh, a chef at Resthaven Marion, talks about how training helped him understand how to meet the nutritional requirements of older people.
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Kelly Parini – manager
Kelly oversees food services at Resthaven Marion. She talks about continuously improving residents’ food and how training has helped them prepare for the dedicated food and nutrition Quality Standard.
Sharron Holmes – resident
Sharron is a resident at Heywood Rural Health. She shares how the kitchen team at her aged care home now responds better to food feedback after completing training.
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Brad Forbes – chef
Brad is head chef at Heywood Rural Health. He describes how education and support have helped build Heywood Rural Health’s ability to give residents nutritious and appetising food.
Leigh Beddows – manager
Leigh manages kitchen staff at Heywood Rural Health. He talks about how they are uplifting services to provide residents with nutritious and delicious food and prepare for the new food and nutrition Quality Standard.