âIs someone breaking fingers in here?â: The food problem in aged care
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When Nicholas Hall started as a chef at The Bays aged care home in Hastings in 2018, he recalls noticing something strange: almost all the elderly residents there seemed to be on a diet where their food was cut up.
âI had a lot of residents coming to me and saying that they did not want their food cut up,â Hall told the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety. âThey were perfectly able to cut up their own food.â
An extra $10 a day per person given to nursing homes this week by the Morrison government will not improve food quality in aged care, chefs and experts say.