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STAGE FOUR: HOUSEHOLD
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2. Service House
a-Dining in a Scandinavian Service House combines the joys of dining at home with the joys of dining communally with friends. Residents have full kitchens in their private rooms, complete with small range, refrigerator, and enough cupboard space for their own dishes and groceries. Staff prepare breakfast and supper to order in the resident’s apartment, with their groceries purchased by family or volunteer shoppers. The main noon meal is served family-style in the service house dining room, prepared by staff to be shared by all residents.
b-The integrity of a true service house is difficult to replicate, but its residents enjoy life to full measure.
c-Regulatory compliance is initially challenging, with the possible need for waivers or variances due primarily to the physical design, and also to the commitment to individualization. Once established, the model is replicable with outstanding success.
d-Lyngblomsten Care Center in St. Paul, MN forged the way with a demonstration project in the early 1990s. Their first service house has proven so successful that they recently created two more,
while at the same time remodeling the rest of their facility into
the neighborhood kitchen design. Lyngblomsten recently reported 100% resident and family satisfaction with food choices, temperatures and food quality from their new neighborhood kitchens!
Recipe for Success
a-what’s the opportunity – terms/description
b-ups and downs c-regulatory considerations d-stories/examples
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