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Mealtimes in long-term residential care (LTRC) offer a sense of normalcy and structure for residents, while providing an opportunity for social interaction with other residents and care staff. In each site, staff encouraged residents to eat in a communal setting rather than their bedrooms and to interact with other residents, particularly if staff knew a resident like to be sociable. The fact that the communal dining spaces for residents were smaller in the Dutch site facilitated staff to provide a more person-centred mealtime experience as they had higher staff to resident ratio . . .
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