Bluebird Care Cherwell & North Bucks is supporting 2019’s Nutrition & Hydration Week

Bluebird Care Cherwell & North Bucks is supporting this year’s Nutrition & Hydration Week which runs from 11th – 17th March 2019.  

Bluebird Care Cherwell & North Bucks is supporting this year’s Nutrition & Hydration Week which runs from 11^th – 17^th March 2019.

Bluebird Care Cherwell & North Bucks is hoping to raise awareness of good nutrition and hydration and promote the importance of maintaining healthy eating within the local area. Nutrition & Hydration Week aims to highlight and promote nutrition and hydration locally, nationally and even globally.

As part of this awareness week Nutricia, an organisation who offer advice on advanced medical nutrition, have put together a fact sheet highlighting what a healthy diet entails and tips to improve nutrition. Some of these tips include having plenty of starchy foods, along with fruit and vegetables as well as focusing on foods that are a good energy source. If you would like to find out more, you can visit the Bluebird Care Cherwell & North Bucks website at www.bluebirdcare.co.uk/cherwell-north-bucks

Suzzanne Elgar, Managing Director at Bluebird Care Cherwell & North Bucks, said:

“Nutrition and hydration are very important issues in society and as a care provider, it is important that we do all we can to support and educate our community on these issues. We encourage everyone to visit our website and download the factsheet which contains key advice on nutrition.”

Suzzanne added, “Here at Bluebird Care Cherwell & North Bucks we use real time technology to ensure the safety of our customers.

Part of this technology focuses exclusively on the nutrition and hydration needs of our customers. It enables the carers to log exactly what our customers have consumed at any visit and also any drinks which have been left for later. We can utilise this information for example in the event of urine infections we can pass information across to district nurses, therefore safeguarding our customers welfare.”

Bluebird Care is a leading, award-winning provider of home and live in care, specialising in working with customers who live with dementia, physical disabilities and many other acute and chronic conditions. Bluebird Care work alongside their customers’ families, social services and the NHS to ensure each person receives the care they need.

As with this upcoming Nutrition and Hydration Week, they often work with organisations throughout the year to highlight health and social care issues.

Bluebird Care offers a unique service of tailored care visits which range from anything from 30 minutes to full one-day support. As well as personal care they also help with meal preparation, welfare checks, shopping, social trips, visits to the hospital and provide extra support for post-discharge customers.

For further details about Bluebird Care Cherwell & North Bucks call 01869 324293, email cherwell@bluebirdcare.co.uk or visit their website www.bluebirdcare.co.uk/cherwell-north-bucks