Aged care food and nutrition stories

Read stories about how we are improving the health and quality of life for aged care residents through better food and nutrition.

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.

Read about Valmer’s experience

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.

Read about Darren’s experience

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.

Read about Michele’s experience

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.

Read about Wendy’s experience

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.

Read about Jenny’s experience

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.

Read about Andrew’s experience

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.

Read about Marlene's experience

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.

Read about Nikesh's experience

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.

Read about Kelly's experience

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.

Read about Sharron's experience

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.

Read about Brad's experience

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.

Read about Leigh's experience

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