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Rachael Ward and Holly Hales

Aged care food staff re-class amid mass malnourishment

Aged care food service workers are being reclassified as personal care staff, impacting nutrition. (Jane Dempster/AAP PHOTOS)

Aged care food service staff are being re-classified as personal care workers in a bid to stretch resources as facilities in the sector leave residents rife with malnourishment.

The insight comes after a study of more than 700 residents at 10 facilities in NSW, South Australia and Queensland revealed 32 per cent were malnourished and six per cent were severely malnourished.

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