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Essential Feeding Techniques for Caregivers Course

Help your staff master safe feeding practices, identify early warning signs, and adapt meals for client needs. Improve safety, reduce incidents, and elevate your overall standard of care

Duration: 40 minutes | Format: SMS | Certificate included

Safe Feeding Starts Here: Equip Caregivers With Essential Skills

Ensure safer, more confident mealtime care with expert feeding techniques. This course equips caregivers to support seniors who struggle with appetite, swallowing, or specialized diets—helping prevent complications and maintain optimal nutrition.

Caregivers learn how to spot early signs of eating problems, assist clients safely, adapt food textures, and support those with dysphagia or tube-feeding needs. With clear guidelines and hands-on techniques, they’ll be prepared to prevent choking risks, improve comfort, and encourage better nutritional intake.

This training strengthens your care team, reduces feeding-related incidents, and enhances the overall well-being of your clients. Equip your staff with the skills to deliver safe, respectful, and effective mealtime support across home-care settings.

Course Goals
✅Uncover the basic principles of  Nutrition & Hydration
✅Follow the steps in preventing malnutrition
✅Identify the signs of a client is at risk of malnutrition
✅Implement a nutrition guide to keep clients healthy

Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course, caregivers will be able to:
✅Enforce steps in promoting a healthy lifestyle
✅Observe healthy diets for senior clients
✅Reduce malnutrition & dehydration of seniors
✅Implement preventive measures to malnutrition
✅Adhere to the proper management of malnutrition

Course Outline

Lesson 1:  Difficulties in Feeding Clients
Lesson 2:  Checking for Signs of Eating Problems
Lesson 3:  Dysphagia: Risk to Elders
Lesson 4:  Understanding Tube Feeding
Lesson 5:  Tube Feeding Preparation
Lesson 6: Tube Feeding Procedures
Lesson 7:  Meal Assistance 1
Lesson 8:  Meal Assistance 2

What's in this course

Learning Level : Beginner
Duration: 40 minutes
Format : SMS
Quizzes: 8
Lessons: 8
Certificate: Digital Certificate of Completion

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Frequently asked questions

How does the text-message based training work?

Employees receive text messages containing a concise 5-minute lesson. These lessons are interactive and followed by quizzes to ensure understanding and retention. Our platform is designed for convenience, allowing employees to learn on-the-go without disrupting their workday.

How long does the course take?

The course is runs for 40 minutes, that's 5 minutes per lesson. Lesson frequency can be adjusted.

Will my learners get a certificate?

Yes, certificate pass rates and more can be configured within the admin panel.

Is the course updated?

Yes, content is refreshed annually with the latest research.

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