Links

— Strategic Dining Services offers senior-living communities help with Human Resources, Culinary Training, Recruiting and Temporary Staffing Support.

— eMenuCHOICE is a great Point Of Sale solution, developed especially for senior-living communities.

— USDA/HHS 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines

— USDA Food Safety Basics, including Safe Cooking Temperatures

— Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS)

— CMS Regulations and Guidance

— Updated CMS Regulations

— International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative

— The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

— Association of Nutrition and Foodservice Professionals 

— The Association of Nutrition & Foodservice Professionals has put together a great series of videos to help learn the fundamentals of kitchen tools and techniques.

— ServSafe

— Always Food Safe

— Useful Downloads from Always Food Safe

— Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement

— University of North Dakota, CDM Program

— The Culinary Institute of America

— Argentum is the leading national trade association serving companies that own, operate, and support professionally managed senior living communities in the United States.

— American Health Care Association (AHCA)

— National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL)

— The Nursing Home Reform Act of 1987 (aka, OBRA)

— Pioneer Network – Home Page

— New Dining Practice Standards

— The Role of the Physician Order

— Odum RD – Registered Dietitian Consultants providing clinical and foodservice experts to hospitals, skilled nursing facilities and dialysis centers.

—  Nutrition 411