At the start of the day, guests were given a pair of glasses to replicate visual impairments common among elderly people and welcomed into a drab dining room.
HCA chair Phil Shelley, and Food for Life director James Cashmore, signed the agreement as part of the HCA’s commitment to working with other trade organisations.
The fresh meals and good food served at the hospital’s Ingleton Fall Restaurant and Café Qualita coffee shop upgraded the award to Silver, having been accredited Bronze last year.
The awards, named after founder Trevor Annon, were held at Down Royal Racecourse in Lisburn and attended by 200 employees, suppliers and business partners.
Derick Martin joins Harbour & Jones with over 30 years experience in the hospitality industry, including as founding director of Gino D’Acampo My Pasta Bar, CEO and co-founder of Innovate Servi
This introduction of this support follows on from the roll out of the company’s Dignified Dining toolkit last year with the Alzheimer’s Society, which aimed to provide patients with tailored nutrit
The FPA Awards are designed to celebrate the best manufacturers and distributors in the UK’s hospitality industry.
The activity should showcase initiative, imagination, organisational ability and skills, whilst also raising funds to help thousands of people in the industry who need support.
The research of 2,000 people aged between 30 and 71 with elderly parents, conducted by apetito and OnePoll, discovered 79% said their parents had not discussed malnutrition with their GP.
The hospitality offering will feature the Chez Roux hospitality experience with Albert Roux, Michel Roux Jr. and Emily Roux.