Undernutrition Awareness and Training

Development of the Older People's Essential Nutrition (OPEN) toolkit is part of the work of the Wessex AHSN Nutrition in Older People Programme, with support from a range of stakeholders in the health, social care and voluntary sectors.

The Wessex AHSN has put together a toolkit as part of the project, with the aim of sharing the resources developed during the project with other organisations that may be planning similar training or initiatives. The overall aim of this innovative project is to develop and evaluate an approach for the provision of good nutritional care for older people; by providing undernutrition awareness training and follow up support to a range of sectors to provide a collaborative and joined-up approach to tackling undernutrition in older people.