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Kat Wong

FOUND: Aged care food must give residents appetite for life - What They Never Told You

Celebrity chef Maggie Beer says it's possible to give aged care residents better quality food. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

Delicious food can nourish older Australians' zest for life, but meals in aged care are often an afterthought, a culinary doyenne says. 

Aged care homes spend an average of $15 a day on meals for each resident, and while this might not sound like a lot, chef and advocate Maggie Beer says it is possible to operate on that budget and improve standards with a little ambition.

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