The workshop, held at Sheffield College, shone a spotlight on the issues of malnutrition as well as highlighting the financial implications that failing to provide nutritious dishes can have on the care homes themselves.
Co-host and head of marketing at Pritchitts, Simon Muschamp, said: “We’ve been promoting the importance of nutrition through our fortification campaign for some time now and understand the daily challenges care chefs are facing.
“From special diets and dysphagia to those with a low appetite, ensuring guests get those essential calories is hard.”
Care caterers and wholesalers listened to a hard-hitting presentation by Dr. Mabel Blades on the health issue that is costing the UK £5bn per year to treat and care homes thousands of pounds in clinical negligence compensation, plus useful hints and tips on how to add calories and fat to dishes.
The South Yorkshire event is the second of its type to be hosted by Pritchitts, following the success of last year’s workshop held at Westminster Kingsway College, London.