Food and nutrition uplift makes every meal count in aged care

Food and nutrition uplift makes every meal count in aged care

23 Jul 2025

Residential aged care homes are transforming how they source, cook and serve food and drinks. Watch our video stories to see how the changes support residents’ rights and quality of life.

Older people in residential aged care have a right to eat nutritious, flavoursome and enticing meals that they enjoy. With this focus on older people’s rights, we’re working to raise the standard of food, nutrition and dining across the aged care sector through the: 

Our new video stories are told from the perspectives of residents, chefs and managers. They show how training is helping aged care homes make lasting changes to: 

  • serve more delicious and enticing meals
  • increase meal nutrition
  • seek residents’ feedback on menus
  • offer more choice and variety of food and drinks
  • better meet residents’ dining needs and preferences. 

Aged care chefs and cooks from anywhere in Australia can sign up to the training. Options include: 

  • 3-week hybrid courses delivered by qualified chef trainers plus a menu appraisal
  • a series of online modules on improving flavour, nutrition and meeting the needs and preferences of older people. 

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