Food Safety in Nursing Homes: What You Must Know
This article explains everything you must know about food safety in nursing homes to keep those you serve safe from foodborne illnesses.
Food Safety and Sanitation Audits in Long-Term Care
This article explains the basics of food safety that dietitians and dietary managers working in long-term care must know and the importance of regular food safety and sanitation audits.
Long-Term Care Nutrition Assessment
This article explains everything you need to know about completing the nutrition assessment in long-term care and provides a form you can use in your own practice.
How to Interpret Nursing Home Survey Reports for Dietitians
To ease your anxiety and panic around nursing home surveys, here’s a detailed overview of how the process works, how to interpret the survey report, and more.
Dietitian Charting Guidelines for Long-Term Care
This article provides a detailed overview for dietitians working in long-term care on when and what to chart to improve resident care and prevent costly citations from surveyors.
The Nutrition-Focused Physical Exam in Long-Term Care
This article explains how to conduct the nutrition-focused physical exam (NFPE) in long-term care with an emphasis on the older adult.
How to Identify and Stop Weight Loss in Long-Term Care
This article highlights the causes of unplanned weight loss in long-term care and how you can treat and prevent it.
Long-Term Care Menus: Nutrition Guidelines, Regulations, and More
This article provides an overview of the nutrition guidelines and regulations that long-term care menus must meet.
10 Tips to Decrease Food Costs at Your Health Care Facility
Here are 10 practical ways to decrease food costs at your nursing home, assisted living facility, hospital, or other health care facility.
Can Dietitians Write Diet Orders in Long-Term Care?
This article explains what dietitians need to know about writing diet orders in long-term care and offers tips to get your facility on board with the delegated order-writing rule.
Nutrition-Related Care Area Assessments (CAAs): A Beginner’s Guide
This article provides an overview of nutrition-related CAAs, including what they are, what they mean, and how to use them to improve the quality of care and quality of life of nursing home residents.
QAPI: What Dietitians and Dietary Managers Need to Know
This article explains everything dietitians and dietary managers need to know about QAPI, including what it is, why it’s important, and how food- and nutrition-related services fit into the program.
Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM): What Dietitians Need to Know
This article explains what dietitians need to know about the patient-driven payment model changes and the opportunities it provides for reimbursement for nutrition and food-related services.
How to Write Nutrition Care Plans for Long-Term Care
This article guides you through the process of writing nutrition care plans for long-term care and provides templates with examples.
Should Sliding Scale Insulin Be Used in Nursing Homes?
This article explains what sliding scale insulin is and whether it should be used to control diabetes in older adults living in long-term care.
Diabetic Diet: Does It Have a Place in Nursing Homes?
This article explains the potential consequences of a diabetic diet for older adults living in long-term care and why a liberalized approach to diet offers greater benefits.
International Dysphagia Diet Standardization Initiative (IDDSI): A Beginner’s Guide
This article serves as a beginner’s guide to the IDDSI framework with information on the IDDSI food and drink levels and testing methods.
Body Mass Index (BMI) Ranges for Older Adults
This article explains what BMI is and why current BMI ranges may not be appropriate for assessing disease risk or nutritional status in older adults.
Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) for Older Adults
This article explains the components of the MNA and how you can use it to identify malnutrition or risk of malnutrition in older adults.
MDS Section K: A Beginner’s Guide for Dietitians
This article serves as a beginner’s guide for dietitians and dietary managers on the components of MDS Section K.
5 Risk Factors of Malnutrition in Older Adults
This article lists five risk factors of malnutrition in older adults and some ways to help treat and prevent malnutrition.
What Are the Responsibilities of the Long-Term Care Dietitian?
This article lists five of the most important long-term care dietitian responsibilities.
6 Proven Ways a Consultant Dietitian Can Benefit Your Nursing Home
Here are six ways partnering with a consultant dietitian can benefit your facility and the residents you serve.
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