How to be a Feeding Assistant: A Quality Approach to Assisted Dining

How to Be a Feeding Assistant: A Quality Approach to Assisted Dining is a comprehensive, newly revised training manual designed to provide feeding assistants with the knowledge and skills necessary to offer the best care during mealtime in long term care settings. With updated content, regulatory information, and enhanced graphics, this guide aligns with federal regulations for feeding assistant training. It offers practical exercises, chapter quizzes, helpful tips, and essential knowledge on topics such as proper feeding techniques, nutrition, hydration, dementia care, and emergency procedures. Also included is a section on recognizing resident changes that are inconsistent with their normal behavior and offers best practices for reporting such changes to the supervisory nurse.

This easy-to-read manual, targeted to feeding assistants, volunteers, and family members, ensures that all caregivers can contribute to residents' health, safety, and dignity during meals. By completing the training, participants will be equipped to enhance the dining experience, respond to residents' needs, and effectively communicate, ensuring a safe, positive, and respectful mealtime experience.

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