Tan Zavier Kok Shen, Pashley Alice, Ball Lauren, Wright Olivia Renee Louise, Bartrim Karly
School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Centre for Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Australas J Ageing. 2025 Mar;44(1):e13388. doi: 10.1111/ajag.13388. Epub 2024 Dec 15.
High-quality food, nutrition and dining are essential tenets of residential aged care facilities (RACF). Residential aged care facilities provide website information on their services for prospective residents, which may offer insight into food, nutrition and dining practices. This study aimed to describe the food, nutrition and dining information on RACF websites.
A cross-sectional website analysis was conducted on Southeast Queensland (SEQ) RACF websites. Food, nutrition and dining data were extracted verbatim under domains of nutrition care processes, food and menu planning, eating assistance and mealtime experiences, with further subdomains under each. Quantitative content analysis was conducted to describe the information reported on websites, descriptive statistics were used to describe RACF characteristics, and Pearsons χ analyses were performed to detect associations between different food, nutrition and dining practices and RACF characteristics.
A total of 268 websites were reviewed. Food, nutrition and dining information were limited, with no subdomains mentioned by all websites. The most frequently mentioned subdomains were the foodservice model (64%, n = 171), allied health services (72%, n = 173) and communal dining (73%, n = 193). Assistive/adaptive equipment to support independence (0%, n = 0), personalised nutrition care plan (0%, n = 1) and reference to food, nutrition or food safety standards (2%, n = 5) were the least mentioned subdomains. Facility characteristics had minimal associations with subdomains.
There are opportunities for RACF to improve the information on food, nutrition and dining information on websites to increase transparency to future residents. The subdomains developed in this study could provide guidance to RACF to enhance online information.
优质的食物、营养和餐饮是老年护理机构（RACF）的基本宗旨。老年护理机构会为潜在居民提供有关其服务的网站信息，这可能有助于深入了解食物、营养和餐饮实践情况。本研究旨在描述老年护理机构网站上的食物、营养和餐饮信息。
对昆士兰州东南部（SEQ）老年护理机构的网站进行横断面分析。在营养护理流程、食物和菜单规划、饮食协助及用餐体验等领域逐字提取食物、营养和餐饮数据，每个领域下还有进一步的子领域。进行定量内容分析以描述网站上报告的信息，使用描述性统计来描述老年护理机构的特征，并进行Pearson χ分析以检测不同的食物、营养和餐饮实践与老年护理机构特征之间的关联。
共审查了268个网站。食物、营养和餐饮信息有限，没有所有网站都提及的子领域。最常提及的子领域是餐饮服务模式（64%，n = 171）、联合健康服务（72%，n = 173）和 communal dining（73%，n = 193）。支持独立的辅助/适应性设备（0%，n = 0）、个性化营养护理计划（0%，n = 1）以及对食物、营养或食品安全标准的提及（2%，n = 5）是提及最少的子领域。机构特征与子领域之间的关联极小。
老年护理机构有机会改善网站上关于食物、营养和餐饮的信息，以提高对未来居民的透明度。本研究中开发的子领域可为老年护理机构增强在线信息提供指导。
