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The course provides learners with information on enjoyable mealtimes, safe eating and drinking procedures and improved nutrition. It outlines strategies on how to facilitate safe and enjoyable mealtimes for clients by following their individual mealtime plans.
As a leading Australian Disability Service Provider, Cerebral Palsy Alliance (CPA) knows the risks of choking and aspiration pneumonia. In 2019, research conducted by the University of NSW Faculty of Medicine found that respiratory disease was the major cause of death for people with disability, where aspiration pneumonia was the most common cause of respiratory death. It also found safe mealtime guidelines were not being adhered to due to lack of staff knowledge and/or understaffing.
This course is available for disability support practitioners and other support workers.
This course will enable you to:
