Menu Assessment Tools Used in Residential Aged Care: A Scoping Review of Content and Quality.

ABSTRACT: This scoping review aimed to identify and synthesise existing publicly available tools that support menu assessments for residential aged care settings, specifically the tools content areas, recommendations and quality. The scoping review was conducted according to Levac et al. scoping review methodology and reported following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews. Menu assessment tools were identified through grey literature through Google and Google Scholar search engines using key terms such as 'residential aged care' and 'menu assessment'. Data were synthesised and reported narratively, according to content areas of menu planning, nutritional basis of the menu, texture modification/fluid consistency, therapeutic and special

SUBMITTER: Bartrim K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12280851 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature