CIW Nutrition, Hydration and Mealtime Experience Audit - Care Homes
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0 Yes •0 No •0 N/A •27 Unanswered
Answers Overview
Questions
0/27 answeredQ1 | Unanswered
Governance: Is there a current nutrition, hydration and mealtime policy framework that reflects CIW requirements, evidence-based practice and the service's statement of purpose?
Evidence to check
- • Current nutrition, hydration and mealtime policy and review history
- • Evidence it reflects CIW requirements, evidence-based practice and the statement of purpose
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Leadership: Are clear responsibilities, resources and escalation arrangements in place for nutrition, hydration, dysphagia and mealtime quality?
Evidence to check
- • Named roles, responsibilities and escalation arrangements for nutrition and hydration
- • Meeting minutes or supervision records showing leadership oversight and resources
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Assessment: Before or when care begins, are each person's nutritional, hydration, eating and drinking needs, risks, preferences and personal outcomes assessed using appropriate recognised tools?
Evidence to check
- • Sample initial assessments using appropriate recognised nutrition and hydration tools
- • Evidence assessment considers preferences, risks, outcomes and eating or drinking support
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Personal plans: Do plans clearly record each person's food and drink preferences, routines, cultural and religious needs, allergies, intolerances, dietary requirements and required support?
Evidence to check
- • Sample current personal plans for food, drink, allergies, preferences and support
- • Evidence plans are person-centred, accessible and reviewed when needs change
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Choice: Are people offered meaningful, accessible choices of food and drink that meet their assessed needs and preferences as far as reasonably practical?
Evidence to check
- • Menus, choice records and feedback from people using the service
- • Examples showing choices meet assessed needs and preferences
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Healthy eating: Are nutritious food and drink choices available, promoted and balanced with each person's wishes, enjoyment and right to make informed choices?
Evidence to check
- • Menu analysis or healthy-eating information
- • Evidence staff balance promotion of nutrition with informed personal choice
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Menu planning: Are menus planned, varied, seasonal where appropriate, accurately described and reviewed with feedback from people using the service?
Evidence to check
- • Current menus and menu-planning records
- • Feedback, meeting notes or action records showing menus are reviewed with people
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Access to food and drink: Can people obtain drinks and suitable snacks at the times they choose, including overnight, without unreasonable delay or dependence on staff availability?
Evidence to check
- • Snack and drink availability arrangements, including overnight
- • Observation or feedback confirming people can access food and drink when wanted
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Hydration support: Are people actively encouraged and supported to drink enough for their individual needs, with drinks that are accessible, appealing and appropriate to their preferences?
Evidence to check
- • Hydration plans, drink rounds or personalised prompting arrangements
- • Observation, feedback or records showing drinks are accessible and appealing
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Mealtime experience: Are mealtimes calm, welcoming, unhurried and social where the person wishes, with suitable seating, lighting, tableware, timing and assistance?
Evidence to check
- • Mealtime observation audit and photographs of the dining environment where appropriate
- • Feedback showing timing, atmosphere and social opportunities work for people
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Dignified assistance: Where help is needed to eat or drink, is it provided sensitively, at the person's pace and in a way that maintains choice, dignity, independence and enjoyment?
Evidence to check
- • Mealtime-support plans and staff observation records
- • Feedback or supervision evidence about dignified, person-paced assistance
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Independence: Are people enabled to eat and drink independently through suitable aids, adapted crockery, accessible tables, positioning and timely support?
Evidence to check
- • Assessments for adaptive equipment, positioning and independence
- • Observation or occupational-therapy advice showing aids are available and used
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Communication: Are menus, choices and dietary information presented in formats and languages that each person can understand, including Welsh where required or preferred?
Evidence to check
- • Accessible or bilingual menus and dietary information
- • Communication assessments showing formats match individual needs and preferences
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Weight monitoring: Where a person is at nutritional risk or monitoring is clinically indicated, are weights taken, recorded, trended and acted on at the frequency specified in their plan?
Evidence to check
- • Weight records, trend charts and care-plan frequency instructions
- • Evidence unexplained change was recognised, escalated and acted on
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Food and fluid monitoring: Where intake may be compromised, are food and fluid charts accurate, completed in real time, totalled correctly and reviewed for meaningful change?
Evidence to check
- • Completed food and fluid charts with totals and review entries
- • Audit showing charts are timely, accurate and lead to action when required
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Malnutrition and dehydration: Are signs of weight loss, dehydration, poor appetite or inadequate intake recognised promptly, escalated and addressed before risks become avoidable harm?
Evidence to check
- • Risk assessments, deterioration records and escalation examples
- • Clinical advice and action plans for weight loss, dehydration or poor intake
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Specialist advice: Is advice from dietitians, speech and language therapists, GPs, nurses or other professionals sought promptly, recorded clearly and followed in daily practice?
Evidence to check
- • Dietitian, SALT, GP, nursing or other specialist referrals and advice
- • Care plans and observations demonstrating recommendations are followed
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Dysphagia: Are swallowing risks assessed and managed safely, with the prescribed food texture, fluid consistency, positioning, supervision and emergency response understood by relevant staff?
Evidence to check
- • Dysphagia assessments, texture and fluid instructions, and emergency plans
- • Staff competency or observation evidence for safe daily implementation
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Special diets: Are therapeutic, fortified, texture-modified, allergy-free, diabetic, cultural, religious and vegetarian or vegan diets prepared and served correctly for the individual?
Evidence to check
- • Special-diet lists, kitchen instructions and meal-service checks
- • Observation or audit evidence that the correct diet reaches the correct person
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Supplements and prescribed nutrition: Are oral nutritional supplements, fortification plans, enteral feeding arrangements or other prescribed nutritional support administered, recorded and reviewed safely?
Evidence to check
- • Supplement, fortification or enteral-feeding plans and administration records
- • Review records showing prescribed support is monitored and escalated appropriately
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Food safety: Are food storage, preparation, cooking, cooling, reheating, service and allergen controls managed safely without compromising choice or meal quality?
Evidence to check
- • Food-safety, temperature, allergen and kitchen-cleaning records
- • Audit or inspection findings and completed corrective actions
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Image filesCameraQ22 | Unanswered
Staff capability: Do staff have current training, supervision and competency assessment in nutrition, hydration, dysphagia, mealtime support and recognising deterioration?
Evidence to check
- • Training, supervision and competency records for nutrition, hydration and dysphagia
- • Observation, reflective-practice or scenario-assessment evidence
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Image filesCameraQ23 | Unanswered
Communication and handover: Are dietary requirements, intake concerns, changes in risk and professional advice communicated accurately between shifts and to relevant people and professionals?
Evidence to check
- • Handover records and communication with people, representatives and professionals
- • Sample records demonstrating changes in risk and advice are passed on accurately
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Feedback and complaints: Are people and representatives routinely asked about meals, drinks and mealtime experience, with concerns, compliments and preferences used to improve provision?
Evidence to check
- • Meal surveys, residents' meeting notes, compliments and complaints
- • Evidence feedback resulted in practical improvements to food, drinks or mealtimes
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Image filesCameraQ25 | Unanswered
Incidents and learning: Are choking events, missed meals, incorrect diets, dehydration concerns and nutrition-related incidents reviewed promptly for learning and prevention?
Evidence to check
- • Incident records for choking, missed meals, incorrect diets or dehydration concerns
- • Investigation, learning and prevention actions with completion checks
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Image filesCameraQ26 | Unanswered
Audit: Does the service audit nutrition, hydration, mealtime experience, monitoring records and specialist-plan compliance, completing actions where standards are not met?
Evidence to check
- • Recent nutrition, hydration and mealtime audits with action plans
- • Evidence actions were completed, checked and discussed with staff or people
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Image filesCameraQ27 | Unanswered
Quality assurance: Do nutrition, hydration and mealtime findings inform the quality of care review, with leaders checking that improvements produce sustained benefits for people?
Evidence to check
- • Quality of care review report containing nutrition, hydration and mealtime findings
- • Evidence leaders checked that changes achieved sustained benefit for people
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