The Health Care Aides Working at a Long-Term Care Facility

The health care aides working at a long-term care facility need help to properly feed residents who require assistance with feeding. Which of the following plans should the nurse implement to ensure that the residents are fed properly?

A) Instruct the health care aides to feed four people at a time.
B) Draw on the availability of family members who are able to follow instructions.
C) Ask some residents to self-feed for part of the mealtime.
D) Feed the residents at different times (e.g., feed one group lunch at eleven A.M., and feed a second group lunch at twelve P.M.) .