Maggie Beer’s Big Mission: Outcomes, learnings, and impact
Tracks
4
Aged care
Collaboration
Continuous quality improvement
Mealtime support
Project planning/management
Quality improvement
| Sunday, June 15, 2025 |
| 10:30 AM - 10:40 AM |
Overview
Assoc Professor Jade Cartwright
Details
⏫ Research insights
⏲️ 10.30am - 10.50am
⌛20-minutes
📚 Assumed knowledge of attendees: Foundational (new/casual familiarity with the topic e.g. treated a single case)
⏲️ 10.30am - 10.50am
⌛20-minutes
📚 Assumed knowledge of attendees: Foundational (new/casual familiarity with the topic e.g. treated a single case)
Presenter
Assoc Professor Jade Cartwright
University Of Tasmania.
Maggie Beer’s Big Mission: Outcomes, learnings, and impact
10:30 AM - 10:50 AMPresentation summary
Older adults living in residential aged care homes are at increased risk of malnutrition, depression, and social isolation. To address these challenges, innovative mealtime care models are needed to optimise residents' nutritional health and wellbeing. This presentation will detail the development, implementation, and evaluation of a multi-faceted, interdisciplinary mealtime model that was piloted in a residential aged care home in Perth, Western Australia. The project outcomes were featured in Maggie Beer’s Big Mission, a three-part television series that aired on the ABC in July 2024. A longitudinal, mixed-methods research design was used to examine the implementation and service-system outcomes of the mealtime model, as well as its effects on the nutritional health and wellbeing of residents. The findings reveal significant transformations in meal quality, access, and overall mealtime experiences, laying the foundations for a more person-centred and enabling model of care. Notably, residents experienced improvements in mood, appetite, and mealtime satisfaction. Additionally, the research identified critical factors that influenced the success of implementation and culture change processes. The presentation will highlight the vital contributions of speech pathology and other allied health professions in fostering culture change within aged care settings. Directions for future research and practice will be provided to further enhance the wellbeing of residents.
Refrences
Bennett, M. K., Ward, E. C., & Scarinci, N. A. (2015). Mealtime management in Australian residential aged care: Comparison of documented, reported and observed care. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 17(5), 451-459. https://doi.org/10.3109/17549507.2014.987816
Cartwright, J., Oliver, E., Kelly, A., & Whitworth, A. (2022). Montessori-inspired care: Changing lives for the better. Australian Journal of Dementia Care, 11(3), 21-25. https://doi.org/10.1177/14713012211057414
Cartwright, J., Roberts, K., Oliver, E., Bennett, M., & Whitworth, A. (2022). Montessori mealtimes for dementia: A pathway to person-centred care. Dementia, 21(4), 1098-1119.
Keller, H., Carrier, N., Duizer, L., Lengyel, C., Slaughter, S., & Steele, C. (2014). Making the Most of Mealtimes (M3): grounding mealtime interventions with a conceptual model. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 15(3), 158-161. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2013.12.001
Keller, H. H., Syed, S., Dakkak, H., Wu, S. A., & Volkert, D. (2022). Reimagining nutrition care and mealtimes in long-term care. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 23(2), 253-260. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2021.12.021
Koh, R. T. G., Thirumanickam, A., & Attrill, S. (2022). How are the mealtime experiences of people in residential aged care facilities informed by policy and best practice guidelines? A scoping review. BMC Geriatrics, 22(1), 737.
Reimer, H. D., & Keller, H. H. (2009). Mealtimes in nursing homes: Striving for person-centered care. Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly, 28(4), 327-347. https://doi.org/10.1080/01639360903417066
Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety. (2021). Final Report: Care, Dignity and Respect. Commonwealth of Australia.
Venturato, L., Horner, B., & Etherton‐Beer, C. (2020). Development and evaluation of an organisational culture change intervention in residential aged care facilities. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 39(1), 56-63. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajag.12667
Wu, S. A., Morrison-Koechl, J. M., McAiney, C., Middleton, L., Lengyel, C., Slaughter, S., ... & Keller, H. H. (2023). Multi-level factors associated with relationship-centred and task-focused mealtime practices in long-term care: A secondary data analysis of the making the most of mealtimes study. Canadian Journal on Aging, 42(4), 696-709. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0714980823000156
Cartwright, J., Oliver, E., Kelly, A., & Whitworth, A. (2022). Montessori-inspired care: Changing lives for the better. Australian Journal of Dementia Care, 11(3), 21-25. https://doi.org/10.1177/14713012211057414
Cartwright, J., Roberts, K., Oliver, E., Bennett, M., & Whitworth, A. (2022). Montessori mealtimes for dementia: A pathway to person-centred care. Dementia, 21(4), 1098-1119.
Keller, H., Carrier, N., Duizer, L., Lengyel, C., Slaughter, S., & Steele, C. (2014). Making the Most of Mealtimes (M3): grounding mealtime interventions with a conceptual model. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 15(3), 158-161. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2013.12.001
Keller, H. H., Syed, S., Dakkak, H., Wu, S. A., & Volkert, D. (2022). Reimagining nutrition care and mealtimes in long-term care. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 23(2), 253-260. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2021.12.021
Koh, R. T. G., Thirumanickam, A., & Attrill, S. (2022). How are the mealtime experiences of people in residential aged care facilities informed by policy and best practice guidelines? A scoping review. BMC Geriatrics, 22(1), 737.
Reimer, H. D., & Keller, H. H. (2009). Mealtimes in nursing homes: Striving for person-centered care. Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly, 28(4), 327-347. https://doi.org/10.1080/01639360903417066
Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety. (2021). Final Report: Care, Dignity and Respect. Commonwealth of Australia.
Venturato, L., Horner, B., & Etherton‐Beer, C. (2020). Development and evaluation of an organisational culture change intervention in residential aged care facilities. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 39(1), 56-63. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajag.12667
Wu, S. A., Morrison-Koechl, J. M., McAiney, C., Middleton, L., Lengyel, C., Slaughter, S., ... & Keller, H. H. (2023). Multi-level factors associated with relationship-centred and task-focused mealtime practices in long-term care: A secondary data analysis of the making the most of mealtimes study. Canadian Journal on Aging, 42(4), 696-709. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0714980823000156
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Jade Cartwright is a speech pathologist and researcher in the School of Health Sciences at the University of Tasmania with more than 20 years of experience working in the dementia and aged care field. Jade’s primary research interests span dementia, communication, culture change and holistic models of care. Jade’s research has examined how transformation in mealtime care can provide a pathway towards more humanistic and person-centred ways of caring – promoting choice, independence, social connection and respect. Jade’s research seeks to change attitudes and reduce stigma towards aged care and dementia, showing that systemic change is possible, and that more inclusive, enabling and enriching models of care can be imagined, implemented and sustained.
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