A background document from Dietitians of Canada providing professionals with food and nutrition standards related to menu planning, food production, hydration care and meal service for long-term care homes.

  2022-11-08 – Practice Guideline

Information from BDA highlighting the connection of frailty with malnutrition.

  2023-06-13 – Handout

Developed by Dietitians of Canada, the Canadian Malnutrition Task Force, Canadian Nutrition Society, and the Ordre professionnel des diététistes du Québec this report provides professionals with an overview of the evidence and practical tips and tools for planning and assessing a menu.

  2020-06-03 – Menu Plan

Guidelines from HSC UK for residential and nursing home managers and care providers to help with meeting the aims of the Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority (RQIA), along with providing practical nutrition advice and menu guidance.

  2023-06-13 – Manual/Guide

The Nestle Nutrition Institute's MNA® is a validated nutrition screening tool for professionals to identify older adults in institutions or the community who are at risk for malnutrition. Available forms include the MNA®-SF, recommended for clinical use, MNA® and the Electronic Medical Record and Interactive versions of the MNA®-Short and -Long in a variety of languages. There is also a Self-MNA® to be filled in by older adults, available in a variety of languages.

A fact sheet for professionals outlining guidelines from the British Dietetic Association (BDA) Older People Specialist Group to “help keep older people nutritionally ‘well’; highlights the need to identify and act for older people who are nutritionally ‘vulnerable’; and champion an evidence-based, ‘food first’ approach to treating malnutrition in addition to, or instead of, prescribed nutritional supplements.”

  2018-11-13 – Handout

A collection of PEN handouts regarding nutrition over the lifespan.

  2018-11-26 – Handout Collection

The nutrition wheel from Wessex AHSN (UK) and endorsed by BDA is for use by non-clinical people who work with older people in the community. It provides a framework for having a conversation to explore the factors that could increase someone’s risk of undernutrition in a pro-active way.

  2023-06-13 – Handout

Three summary sheets sharing key findings and recommendations from a research study called Making the Most of Mealtimes (M3) from the Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging. The study explored what residents living in long-term care eat and drink, and what factors promote better nutrition. Topics are: Dining Rooms, Food and Beverages, and Menus.

  2019-12-16 – Handout

This PEN® tool for professionals lists and describes validated nutrition screening tools for malnutrition and risk of malnutrition for use in institutional, community and hospital settings, and for adults with spinal cord injuries.

  2023-05-11 – Evaluation/Assessment Tool