Vanessa Trinca, Sarah A Wu, Hana Dakkak, Maryam Iraniparast, Allison Cammer, Christina Lengyel, Hannah M O'rourke, Natalie Rowe, Susan E Slaughter, Natalie Carrier, Suzanne Quiring, Ruth Harvie, Heather Keller
Purpose: To assess care home and staff characteristics associated with task-focused (TF) and relationship-centred care (RCC) mealtime practices prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Staff working in Canadian and American care homes were invited to complete a 23-item online survey assessing their perceptions of mealtime care, with one item assessing 26 potential care practices from the Mealtime Relational Care Checklist (relationship-centred = 15; task-focused = 11) reported to occur in the home prior to the pandemic...
April 4, 2024: Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research