Menu Book

The vca menu book is an essential tool, which will help bridge the gap between cares and resident. Research has shown that when you provide the elderly with pictures of meals, it can improve their quality of life.

 

The coloured images of commonly eaten dishes should stimulate your client's appetites and may renew their interest in food. It will open up a dialogue between resident and carer.

 

One of the positive results of a more healthy diet is less constipation and diarrhoea, and hopefully an improvement in any potentially negative behavioural issues.

 

"An initiative carried out in a day care centre in Manchester that specialises in Dementia suffers has seen dramatic improvement in their residents welfare since the introduction of visual aids two years ago."

 

The book is divided into six sections:

 

 

“We attended the Birmingham Care Show in 2008 as we have built a new Dementia unit and we wanted to get the latest Dementia products to stand out from the crowd. We purchased a number of both the vca Care Sector book and the menu book to improve the quality of life for our residents and are delighted with the vca products.

The vca books enable us to communicate with our residents in more detail; they really do exactly what it says on the tin!”

Adrian Hendry, Benore Care Centre, Scotland [read more testimonials]

 

How do I use this book?

 

Each selection contains pictures of everyday meals, drinks and snacks consumed in the Care Sector. By pointing at the dishes the menu choices are crystal clear, giving people control over their menu selections. As well, there are three wipe clean white boards to write your own messages and menu choices.