Nutrition and Hydration

Part of our Health and Social Care series, this course forms part of the Care Certificate.

This course starts by defining the various terms used when talking about nutrition and hydration in care environments, the basic elements of nutrition and eating a healthy balanced diet, identify the reasons why vulnerable people might suffer with dehydration, the tools you can use to identify people that are at risk of malnutrition and the steps you can take to deal with this condition.