Dietary needs

Think about what you have eaten over the last week. Make a list of 10 things you remember.

What factors have influenced your food choices?

Share your thoughts with your partners. 

READ THE ARTICLE INCLUDED IN TEAMS - FILES: MANAGING A PATIENT'S DIETARY NEEDS.

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YOU WILL ANSWER A MULTIPLE CHOICE QUIZ BASED ON IT.

A collocation is two words which we use together as a set phrase. For example we say a “tall building” rather than a “high building”. We use collocations all the time in English, so learning and using them will make you sound more natural.

• In your article, there are 10 collocations.

• Find them and try to complete the following exercise.

With a little help from your friends, please complete the columns.

Case Study

In group, discuss the following case study. Use all the collocations we used in the previous tasks.

Ms Queen is an 82 year old woman with progressive dementia and has lived in a residential care home for 2 years.

She wanders restlessly all around the clock and rarely spends more than a few minutes at anything.

The staff is really worried because she is losing a lot of weight.