Nutrition and Hydration Audit - Care Homes
Relevant Care Inspectorate Scotland sources
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Answers Overview
Questions
0/28 answeredQ1 | Unanswered
Is there a current nutrition and hydration policy that supports proactive, person-centred practice and reflects relevant Scottish guidance?
Evidence to check
- • Current nutrition and hydration policy
- • Policy review records
- • Staff access to guidance
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Are nutritional and hydration needs assessed on admission and reviewed promptly when a person's health, weight, appetite, swallowing, mobility, continence or circumstances change?
Evidence to check
- • Admission and review assessments
- • Personal plans
- • Records following changes in need
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Is the Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST) or another clinically appropriate assessment used accurately to identify people at risk of undernutrition, with actions matched to the level of risk?
Evidence to check
- • MUST or other assessment records
- • Risk levels and action plans
- • Assessment quality checks
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Do personal plans record each person's food and drink preferences, allergies, intolerances, cultural, religious and philosophical requirements, choices and nutritional needs?
Evidence to check
- • Personal plans and dietary profiles
- • Allergy and preference records
- • Feedback from people
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Are people involved in decisions about what, when and where they eat and drink, with support to make informed choices and change their mind?
Evidence to check
- • Choice and consent records
- • Observation of mealtime choice
- • People's feedback
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Are menus varied, nutritious, appealing and responsive to feedback, with meaningful alternatives available when a person dislikes or cannot eat the planned meal?
Evidence to check
- • Menus and alternative-meal records
- • Feedback and menu changes
- • Observation of food quality
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Are meals, snacks and drinks available at suitable intervals and in ways that meet individual routines, preferences, health needs and wishes?
Evidence to check
- • Meal, snack and drink schedules
- • Personal routine records
- • Observation of availability
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Are people supported to remain hydrated throughout the day, with preferred drinks visible, accessible and offered in a way that promotes independence and dignity?
Evidence to check
- • Hydration plans and drink rounds
- • Observation of accessible drinks
- • Feedback on preferred drinks
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Are people at risk of dehydration identified and monitored, with timely action on signs such as reduced intake, confusion, constipation, urinary symptoms, illness or heat?
Evidence to check
- • Dehydration risk assessments
- • Monitoring and escalation records
- • Professional advice
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Where food or fluid charts are needed, are they accurate, completed contemporaneously, reviewed at the right frequency and used to trigger action when intake is poor?
Evidence to check
- • Food and fluid charts
- • Review and escalation records
- • Care-plan actions
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Are weight, BMI and other relevant nutrition indicators monitored at the agreed frequency, with unexplained loss, gain or deterioration investigated promptly?
Evidence to check
- • Weight and BMI records
- • Trend analysis
- • Referral and intervention records
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Are nutrition, hydration, oral health, continence, tissue viability, mobility and medicines considered together when planning prevention and responding to deterioration?
Evidence to check
- • Integrated personal plans
- • Monitoring across linked health needs
- • Professional advice and reviews
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Are people supported with oral care, dentures, pain, dental access and other factors that affect chewing, comfort, taste or the ability to eat and drink?
Evidence to check
- • Oral-care plans and denture records
- • Dental referrals
- • Observation of support
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Are swallowing difficulties, choking risks, coughing, recurrent chest infections or changes in eating identified promptly and referred to speech and language therapy or other relevant professionals?
Evidence to check
- • Swallowing-risk assessments
- • SALT referrals and guidance
- • Staff competency records
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Are texture-modified food and thickened fluids prepared, served, documented and monitored in line with the person's assessed needs and professional advice?
Evidence to check
- • Texture and thickened-fluid plans
- • Kitchen and care-staff communication
- • Observation of meals
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Are fortified foods, supplements, special diets and nutrition interventions provided as advised, with effectiveness, tolerance and the person's views reviewed?
Evidence to check
- • Supplement and fortified-food plans
- • Monitoring of effectiveness
- • Person and professional review
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Do staff support eating and drinking safely, patiently and respectfully, using the right positioning, equipment, prompts and level of assistance for each person?
Evidence to check
- • Care plans and staff competency
- • Observation of eating support
- • Positioning and equipment checks
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Is the dining environment calm, comfortable, accessible and enjoyable, with avoidable interruption, rushing, noise, poor lighting or distress reduced?
Evidence to check
- • Dining-environment observations
- • People's feedback
- • Actions on noise, comfort or accessibility
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Image filesCameraQ19 | Unanswered
Are people who choose to eat in their bedroom or another location given the same choice, monitoring, dignity and quality of support as those in communal areas?
Evidence to check
- • Room-service or alternative-location records
- • Monitoring evidence
- • Feedback about dignity and choice
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Are catering and care staff kept up to date with changes to allergies, diets, swallowing guidance, nutrition risks and personal preferences?
Evidence to check
- • Dietary-change communication
- • Kitchen lists and handovers
- • Staff discussion
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Image filesCameraQ21 | Unanswered
Are GP, dietitian, speech and language therapist, dentist, pharmacist and other professional recommendations communicated, incorporated into plans and followed in daily practice?
Evidence to check
- • Professional advice and referrals
- • Updated plans
- • Evidence recommendations are followed
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Image filesCameraQ22 | Unanswered
Are incidents involving choking, aspiration, dehydration, significant weight loss, poor intake or nutrition-related deterioration recorded, investigated and used to improve care?
Evidence to check
- • Incident records and investigations
- • Immediate actions
- • Learning and follow-up
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Are people and, where appropriate, families or representatives involved in nutrition and hydration planning, monitoring and review while the person's wishes remain central?
Evidence to check
- • Family and representative involvement records
- • Consent documentation
- • Feedback and review notes
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Image filesCameraQ24 | Unanswered
Are nutrition and hydration needs considered sensitively in anticipatory, palliative and end-of-life care, with decisions individualised, communicated and reviewed?
Evidence to check
- • Anticipatory and end-of-life plans
- • Person and family discussions
- • Clinical advice and review
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Image filesCameraQ25 | Unanswered
Are staff trained and assessed as competent in nutrition, hydration, choking prevention, dysphagia guidance, monitoring and escalation relevant to their role?
Evidence to check
- • Training matrix and competency records
- • Supervision
- • Targeted learning after incidents
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Image filesCameraQ26 | Unanswered
Do audits and observations test real food and fluid provision, mealtime experience, monitoring, care-plan implementation and people's outcomes rather than paperwork alone?
Evidence to check
- • Completed audits and observations
- • Lived-experience evidence
- • Actions from audit findings
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Image filesCameraQ27 | Unanswered
Do nutrition and hydration audits, feedback, incidents and trends lead to named actions, completed improvements and checks that changes have reduced risk or improved wellbeing?
Evidence to check
- • Action plans and governance reports
- • Re-audit and impact evidence
- • Trend and outcome review
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Image filesCameraQ28 | Unanswered
Can the service demonstrate that people receive enjoyable, safe and personalised food and drink that supports their health, dignity, choice, wellbeing and quality of life?
Evidence to check
- • People's feedback
- • Outcome and wellbeing evidence
- • Provider assurance records
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