Devon Care Homes Nursing Education Forum

DCHC has collaborated with Indago Development and Southern Healthcare to bring a series of learning sessions for registered nurses and other clinicians working in and with social care.

Our next session will be held on 22nd October at 2pm.

We're delighted to be joined by Julie Kemmner, Clinical Community Dietitian and Team Lead at the Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust. Julie is a Registered MSc Dietitian with Masters and has nearly 25 years of NHS experience, including work in the community and with care homes in the Torbay and South Devon area. The main focus of the team is around nutritional support and malnutrition, and includes supporting people in their own homes and in care homes.

This session will focus on undernutrition and hydration in care homes, with the latest updates, news, resources and support for care home residents, who have poor appetites, difficulty eating and drinking or unplanned weight loss.

Julie will also be joined by Dr Esther Muriuki, Senior Research Fellow from the University of Plymouth, to talk about a once-in-a-lifetime research opportunity, looking at how best to treat malnutrition in older care home residents.