Being fed against beliefs in care home?

my friend was a HCA for 12 years and saw close up how the attitudes of the nurses has altered.

The degree nurses appear to have been told that basic nursing care is beneath them, It is for HCA's. Who do their best but are not always well trained.
My friend already had one year nursing training under their belt so saw the situations from 2 sides.
Friend stopped the Nursing training because they did not want to study for a another degree as they were already over 50 and had a one good degree already.
They did not feel ordinary caring was beneath them.

I am not blaming nurses but blaming the system that has been changed into making nursing a degree course instead of vocational.

As this is a question about food and care homes and hospitals I should say that food choices in the hospitals are always dodgy.

It is not easy to cover when patients are changing and the budget is low.

In care homes though the situation should be easier as patients are there for a longer time.

Today I visited my sister in hospital. She has had difficulty swallowing, so all her food is puréed. She was fed by an HCA and this requirement is shown above her bed. She was asked what she wanted this evening, and I was asked about any allergies and preferences. I cannot fault them on today’s experience.

Also as far as I can see, her Care Home is equally good re dietary requirements. Nothing lavish, mind you.

I worked full time and could only see my mum in hospital in the evening. She was there many weeks while awaiting a placement in a local nursing home. I worked in hospitals previously and didn't care if anyone was annoyed at me lifting mum's notes from the foot of the bed. That's where I noted her weight was dropping by about 2lbs per week. I spoke with the nurse and then management. They tried to waffle around it. Her weight stabilised somewhat but was only 6 weeks into the nursing home when she died from septicaemia (sp).