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Make Mealtimes Memorable In Care And At Home

Deliver A Dignified Dining Experience For Your People Living With Dementia

Are Mealtimes A Constant Battle?

Are the people you love and support refusing to eat and losing weight? 

Are you a care home manager worried about an upcoming CQC inspection? 

Maybe you’re concerned about creating the best dining experience and a positive relationship with food for the ladies and gents you care for? 

Dementia can make many things difficult and eating is most certainly one of them. 

Wherever care is taking place, and whether it’s by professionals or loved ones, providing nutritious food that actually gets eaten can be a huge challenge.

The good news is that you’re in the right place. There is a way forward. 

I have personally lived through this reality with my lovely Mum, and I have over 30 years of experience helping carers, care homes and individuals make a positive difference in the lives of the people they care for. 

And I can help make a difference for you too. 


My Story

You can watch my very personal story here about how caring for my Mum living with dementia inspired me do what I do.

And why I love what I do. 

Dignified Dining Changes Lives

Watching the people you care for suffer is truly heartbreaking. I’ve been there, and it’s really hard. 

Anyone caring for people living with dementia knows how difficult mealtimes can become. There are many potential reasons why someone living with dementia might refuse to eat, including physical, emotional and environmental factors. 

Food refusal is a widespread problem in people living with dementia, and it can lead to distressing mealtime experiences and malnutrition that affects their health and well-being. 

But ladies and gents living with dementia can be helped to want to eat better.

Through comprehensive auditing and some simple tweaks to the dining environment, and by training staff and carers to deeply understand the mealtime behaviours of people who live with dementia, I can help to transform mealtimes to being engaging, enjoyable experiences for everyone.

And by working together, we can make sure the people you support eat well, sleep well and live well. 

Why Choose Jo Bonser Consultancy And Training?

Heart And Understanding

When I work with you, I’m showing up as a daughter who’s walked a mile in your shoes. In 2016 my Mum, who had been living with vascular dementia for two years, stopped eating. Incredibly, through careful changes to her dining experience, I helped my Mum gain weight and take back control and enjoyment of mealtimes when the doctors told me she’d given up. Mum lived a happy life for a further four and a half years. 

Simply The Best 

Jo Bonser Consultancy and Training is the only organisation in the UK that specialises in helping people with dementia to eat better, and I’ve got 33 years of experience working with care homes, hospitals and clients' own families at home. 

Collaborative Approach
 
Heavy criticism isn't the way I do business. I fully believe that unwavering support lies at the heart of any changes that need making, so I support you through gentle guidance, positive working and celebrating successes as they come. 

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Improve The Well-Being And Quality of Life For The People You Support With Jo Bonser Consultancy And Training

Dementia Dining Consulting Day

Invite me in for 10 whole hours to observe a full day's worth of mealtimes. Through gentle observation, chatting with patients and staff members and joining in with each eating experience, I can benchmark where you are right now and create an action plan to get you where you want to be.
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Dementia Mealtime Challenge Interactive Training Workshops

Take up to 12 members of your team, from kitchen staff to management, through the experience of my two-hour dementia mealtime challenge workshop. Improve their understanding of the complexities that come with dementia care and the eating environment so that they can begin to make positive, meaningful changes and enhance your ladies' and gents’ mealtimes.
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Ongoing Support

For anyone already working my professional advice into their daily operations, I can return for a second day-long visit and re-audit to see how you’re getting on. Take this opportunity to demonstrate what’s going well and gain support in areas that are still proving challenging or require more training. 
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Testimonials

Rachel Barber

Living 4 Moments

I would highly recommend Jo Bonser 💚💙 . 
Her personal and professional experiences has made a significant difference for people living with dementia. Through her guide there are many practical tips that work.

Rachel Squire

Care Home Manager

Jo has a highly person-centred approach. She can never do enough for you and is truly passionate about what she does. I adore that she comes forward with suggestions and if you need support with specific areas of difficulty. 

Sarah Power

Care Home Manager

Jo will do everything she can to help. Jo will do her best to answer any queries and supports our service with so much passion and always go the extra mile. 

Lyn Kent

ACMA

Jo is an inspiration in the way she runs her business. 
She is 100% positive and customer focused and passionate about the quality of  service she provides.

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Better eating and more dignified mealtimes are within reach.

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