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How to best communicate with someone with Dementia
Dementia can affect how individuals both express themselves and understand the information that is communicated to them. This may result...
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OSCAR Care Group
Mar 15
Aged Care Menu & Mealtime Quality Assessments are here
Let’s raise the bar! Menu & Mealtime Quality Assessments will be mandatory within Aged Care soon. The new Strengthened Quality Standards...
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Mar 15
Egg Safety: Take egg-xtra care
The humble egg is a delicious and versatile kitchen staple. From buttery scrambled eggs, hearty quiches, Christmas pavs and birthday...
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Mar 13
Dysphagia: To Thicken or not to Thicken
Thickened fluids play a key role in the management of swallowing difficulties, clinically known as dysphagia, but are they the best...
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Feb 23
Is your Aged Care Food Safety Program compliant and up to date?
Did you know something as simple as having the wrong name listed for your Food Safety Supervisor or Director can mean your Food Safety...
OSCAR Care Group
Feb 15
A message from our Managing Director, Nicole Buettel
We are already halfway through February 2024! What a journey we had in 2023. Still coming out of the COVID fog, we have called 2023 the...
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Feb 14
Food Allergies: Introducing PEAL
Have you noticed a change in the way food allergens are listed on packaged foods lately? For children, residents and families who live...
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Jan 23
Have you had a spot check from the Food, Nutrition and Dining Support Unit?
There have been some new changes regarding Nutrition, Food and Dining experiences in Aged Care Homes after the Royal Commission into Aged...
OSCAR Care Group
Dec 13, 2023
Nobody puts gravy in the corner
Gravy is a delicious way to enhance the taste of many meals including meat, poultry, vegetables and casseroles. More importantly, the...
OSCAR Care Group
Dec 12, 2023
RECIPE: Choc chip cookies for Santa
No one can go to bed on Christmas eve without setting up Santa’s milk and cookies! A great way for kids to get involved in Christmas...
OSCAR Care Group
Dec 5, 2023
An Christmas Feast for Aged Care Residents
‘Tis the season for delicious meals, full tummies and happy residents. Christmas is fast approaching! Our Aged Care homes are starting to...
OSCAR Care Group
Nov 28, 2023
RECIPE: HEHP Tropical Smoothie for Aged Care Residents
A tropical, smooth and creamy delight packed with extra energy and protein in every delicious sip. This HEHP Smoothie is tasty, carries...
OSCAR Care Group
Oct 20, 2023
RECIPE: Easy ‘Pea’sy Tuna Mac & Cheese
Mac & Cheese is heartwarming and soul filling and pure comfort. We have kept all these amazing qualities and created a super easy Mac &...
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Oct 17, 2023
RECIPE: Chicken Burrito Bowls
Here is a brilliant recipe for the entire family! One that is super easy to tweak to cater for everyone. This recipe is next-level...
OSCAR Care Group
Oct 16, 2023
Why compromise Nutrition for convenience when you can have both?
Everyday meals and weekly planning can be hard for many reasons. Food choices are often influenced by taste, convenience, and of course...
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Oct 10, 2023
RECIPE: HEHP Cheesy Mashed Potato
This recipe is super cheesy, so naturally it is super tasty. This is a next level HEHP mashed potato recipe, with the goal to add extra...
OSCAR Care Group
Oct 9, 2023
High energy high protein diets in the elderly
A High Energy High Protein or HEHP Diet is a type of diet designed to deliver additional kilojoules and nutrients. A HEHP Diet is highly...
OSCAR Care Group
Oct 8, 2023
Malnutrition in residential Aged Care
Sadly, malnutrition is too common. Malnutrition is a serious health condition that impacts the lives of many people. Unfortunately, the...
OSCAR Care Group
Sep 19, 2023
Why I love being a Dietitian
Every one of our Dietitians is proudly an Accredited Practising Dietitian who works hard, is enthusiastic and so motivated to making such...
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Sep 15, 2023
RECIPE: Chicken Croquettes
Who doesn’t love croquettes? You can get croquettes in so many flavours, from cheese, to tuna, to salmon, corn, pumpkin, mushroom, beef...
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