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Elevate Senior Dining with 2025’s Trends

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At Culinary Services Group, person-centered dining , which prioritizes all three of those things, is the center of our mission to provide senior living communities with stellar food management services. Person-centered care also involves nutrition planning, which accounts for residents health needs.

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8 Essential Nutrition Guidelines for Hospitalized Patients 

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Nutrition, especially high-quality dietary care, is often seconded to other, seemingly more pressing patient care matters. However, doing this has caused a significant gap in nutrition for patients. Providing the nutritional support your patients’ needs has more benefits than simply meeting the outlined standards, though.

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Why Registered Dietitians Are Essential to Senior Health in Long-Term Care

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From university medical centers to community health centers to behavioral health care, Registered Dietitian Nutritionists (RDNs), also known as simply registered dietitians (RDs) are a vital part of providing holistic health care to people of all ages. RDNs do more than dishing out diets; they’re your in-house food gurus.

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Portion Control in Senior Living 

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With this in mind, following standard nutrition guidelines, you can forecast accurate portion sizes to ensure residents receive the required nutrients, vitamins, and minerals throughout the day. Want to learn how you can access these services and more? This means that we don’t need gargantuan meals three times a day when we’re 65+.

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4 Strategies for Managing Your Food Budget When Grocery Prices Keep Rising

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It’s helpful to discuss this information with your staff, including nutritionists, kitchen prep staff, servers, nurses, and others who can help analyze menu item popularity, ingredient expenses, and nutritional value. Conduct Regular Menu Reviews Regular menu reviews help identify opportunities to optimize food costs.

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Consistency Matters in Senior Dining, and Here’s Why

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In this case, consistency through intentional dietary planning and person-centered care regarding things like portion size and food quality can help prevent nutritional issues and deficiencies from worsening or causing other health problems. It also helps with more specific nutrition goals, like weight management.

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Staffing Trends in Food Service 

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Instead of only looking at a potential employee’s customer service skills, you need to account for nutrition education, familiarity with the diverse needs of today’s seniors , and an ability to adapt to ever-changing food and safety health requirements. If you’re not ready to tackle it alone, Culinary Services Group can help.

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