24-Hour Community Care Settings
About Course
This online training package provides 24-hour community care settings with an extensive information and guidance on how to screen a patient using the Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool and how to implement a ‘Food First’ Nutritional Action Plan depending on the outcome of the screening. It also provides training on how to rescreen the patient and refer a patient directly to the dietetic services if appropriate.
Once you have completed the course, you can use our Audit Tool to review practice within your care home. Please send any completed audit’s to rdash.dietetics@nhs.net
Important notice:
Once you have completed the course, quiz and case study, you must click ‘Complete Course’ on this page in order to end the course and receive a certificate of completion via email.
Why do the course? Outcomes!
We currently only have data for our care home settings. Please see below.
% of residents malnourished (MUST score 1 and above) in Doncaster is lower than the national average of 35%
2018 – 25%
2019 – 25%
2022 – 30.1%
2023 – 31%
% of care home residents with pressure ulcers (grade 1-4) in Doncaster is within the national average of 4.2-4.5% NHS Safety Thermometer, 2018/19
2018 – 3.2%
2019 – 2.6%
2022 – 4.7%
2023 – 4.4%
Upon admission to care homes, 35% of residents are malnourished (BAPEN, 2007) and recent studies suggest medium and high risk malnutrition risk, highest prevalence is in care homes (60%) (BAPEN, 2021).
Nutrition & Hydration DMBC Training
In addition to our online training course there is now Basic and Enhanced Nutrition & Hydration courses held by DMBC which are in line with this training package.
Basic Nutrition & Hydration Course Information
Enhanced Nutrition & Hydration Course Information
Nutrition & Hydration Link Champion
We have now developed the Link Champion Programme and will commence in the January 2024
Nutrition & Hydration Link Champion Sessions
Nutrition & Hydration Link Champion Job Description
If you have any problems booking on the above courses, please contact:
01302 736576
Course Content
Course Content
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Section 1: Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST)
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Section 2: Nutritional Action Plans (NAP)
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Section 3: MUST Re-Screening & Dietetic Referral
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Section 4: 24-Hour Community Care Settings FAQs
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Section 5: 24-Hour Community Care Settings Knowledge Test
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Section 6a: 24-Hour Community Care Settings Case Study
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Section 6b: 24-Hour Community Care Settings Case Study