Description
Drywipe Menu Board with Clock
Nutrition and hydration are vitally important to everyone. However, for a person living with dementia eating and drinking becomes more difficult as the dementia progresses. Because people with dementia often withdraw from these important daily routines.
Improve the overall dining experience
To achieve more food being consumed and less waste. The Drywipe Menu Board with Clock clearly communicates the available food options. Helping people to make an informed choices that they will be happy with.
As one of the many challenges people with dementia face is an issue with eating and drinking. Though maintaining healthy levels of nutrition and hydration is vital for people with dementia, it’s often a struggle to ensure they eat and drink enough.
Not eating and drinking enough can lead to weight loss and dehydration. One of the main causes for this is when they are unable to communicate that they are hungry or thirsty. Often they’ll fail to recognize that they are hungry and will forget to eat.
Poor nutrition and hydration levels can lead to many other problems including exhaustion, loss of muscle strength and greater risk for infection and illness. Additionally, the symptoms of dementia can significantly worsen as lack of nutrients causes increased confusion and difficulties with memory.
Ensuring a healthy and typically high-calorie diet will improve the quality of life and help retain physical and mental abilities for longer
Specification:
800 x 650mm Fully edged 18mm board
- Non-reflective
- Anti-bacterial face
- Clear, rigid, non-reflective pockets for securely displaying the next meal.
- Dry-wipe area to display next meal time and food choices
- German clock mechanism to provide orientation to the time of day
- Includes a free pack of insert cards for each meal – breakfast, lunch etc
Choice of colours:
- Red
- Blue
- Yellow
- Green
Benefits:
Clear communication of food options helps people to make a choice they will be happy with and contributes to more food being consumed and less waste helping to improve the overall dining experience.
Benefits:
- Clear communication of food options helps people to make a choice they will be happy with and contributes to more food being consumed and less waste and helps to improve the overall dining experience.
A printed, fully laminated and wipeable pack of food cards to use in ‘one on ones’ are also available to buy.