CEU: 2
FOR: STRTP, GH, ARF, RCFE
REGULAR PRICE:$40
This 2 hour training on Food Storage Essentials for Residential Care, will address the care provider’s responsibility to ensure food is safe, nutritious, appealing and delicious for our residents. We will discuss how food-borne illness is caused and spread as well as the proper hand washing technique and general safety practices related to food preparation.

Participant’s Training objectives:

1. Introduction to nutrition and the importance of good nutrition for residents in our communities;
2. Tips for healthy eating;
3. The importance of hydration and signs of dehydration;
4. Hydration options;
5. What are modified diets;
6. Dysphagia and how do we swallow, how it occurs, some problems caused by dysphagia, and treatment;
7. Resident preferences;
8. Food-borne illness and how food becomes contaminated;
9. General food safety practices;
10. Hand washing techniques;
11. The importance of proper food temperatures;
12. Cross-contamination;
13. How to properly clean and sanitize;
14. Chemicals in the food service area;
15. Other hazards to be aware of when dealing with food safety.

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