Aged Care Food Staff Re-class Amid Mass Malnourishment

Aged Care Food Staff Re-class Amid Mass Malnourishment
A worker assists an elderly woman during an activity session in a Day Care center in California on Feb. 10, 2011. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
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Aged care food service staff are being re-classified as personal care workers in a bid to stretch resources as facilities in the sector leave residents rife with malnourishment.

The insight comes after a study of more than 700 residents at 10 facilities in New South Wales (NSW), South Australia and Queensland revealed 32 percent were malnourished and six percent were severely malnourished.