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NATIONAL CONFERENCE

23-25 October 2024
Adelaide Convention Centre

Age of Excellence

Inspire. Innovate. Impact.

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Dr Cherie Hugo

The Future of Food, Nutrition and Dining 

Concurrent Session B8 – Strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards
Thursday 24 October 2024
11:45am – 12:30pm
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Founder

Lantern Alliance

Dr Cherie Hugo is an accredited practising dietitian and co-director of My Nutrition Clinic, with around 25 years of experience consulting with her team of My Nutrition Clinic dietitians to community, healthcare centres, hospitals and aged care organisations across Australia. 

Cherie founded Lantern Alliance in 2013, a national aged care collaboration and action-based research and advisory initiative based at Bond University, focused on improving older Australian’s quality of life through the joy of good food. In 2018, Cherie completed her PhD which lead to the development of Lantern’s evidence-based tools now actively used across industry (Epicure) to measure performance and guide success in the food (menu and mealtime quality), nutrition and dining experience.   

This has been demonstrated this across over 100 aged care homes, in many, measuring the impact of My Nutrition Clinic’s proactive dietetic services. 

Cherie is currently the appointed advisor to the Australian Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission’s Food, Nutrition and Dining Experience guiding the transition to the new Aged Care Quality Standards. 

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