Enliven’s Woburn Home residents have enjoyed choosing their own breakfast since a self-service system was established.
Woburn Home manager Sue Wood says the new system was introduced late last year, and the residents have enjoyed the change.
Last week the home also started offering lunch as self-service, with Bain Maries set up to provide hot food options.
“It was a bit of a culture change for the residents, but now they are really enjoying that they have more choice.”
In the mornings, residents are invited to help themselves to cereal, porridge, toast, tea and coffee in the rest home’s main dining area.
“It’s all about creating another part of their day where the residents have some choice,” she says.
Given the positive response to the self-service breakfast, Sue says many of the residents were happy to move to the same system for their lunch.
Woburn Home also has kitchenettes dotted around the building where residents are able to make themselves a cuppa when they feel like it.
In one part of the rest home, a small group of residents had already been helping themselves to breakfast in the morning for some time. This was set up for them in one of the kitchenettes.
“Some of them even make toast for each other,” Sue notes.
