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SEEK DINING EXCELLENCE
Increase Intake
CHOICE – Residents have the choice of what to eat, when to eat, where to eat, who to eat with, and how leisurely to eat. This means true choice, not token choice. They have choice of beverages, breads, desserts, and choice of service style; waited, self-selected, buffet or family style.
ACCESSIBILITY – Foods of choice are available to residents when they are hungry, or when they are just longing for a specific food. Food is available 24/7, and someone is available 24/7 to help prepare it. Residents have refrigerator rights. Perhaps they even have a refrigerator and/or a microwave in their own room.
INDIVIDUALIZATION – The elders enjoy their favorite foods, comfort foods, ethnic foods, foods prepared from their own favorite recipes, foods they chose to eat in their own home, foods that make them look forward to the day, foods that warm their heart and soul, as well as nourish their bodies.
How can we define excellence in individualization?
A daily pleasures interview...
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