Teaching your patients to be more mindful of what they’re eating all starts with you. It takes a careful balance of being the example, and offering education to help them not only understand why its important, but also know how to put it to practice in their own lives, once they’re no longer under Read More >>
Utilizing Teaching Kitchens to Instill Greater Nutritional Habits
Healthcare professionals will often spout the necessity of healthy eating to their patients, only to discover later on that at-home dietary habits rarely change. Understandably, this can be incredibly frustrating for healthcare leaders who work hard to help people live long, healthy lives, but it’s Read More >>
Dementia-Friendly Mealtime
Patients suffering from dementia often experience a number of difficulties during mealtimes. Some patients may become confused or overwhelmed by meal choices, while others may simply forget to eat or have physical restrictions that prevent them from being able to use certain utensils. Fortunately, Read More >>
How to Handle a Foodborne Illness Outbreak
Foodborne illness outbreaks can cause severe sickness, and in some cases even death, not to mention widespread panic throughout affected communities. Between 2009 and 2015 alone, more than 100,000 people were reported as having some type of foodborne illness, with nearly 6,000 of them needing to be Read More >>
Improve Performance for You and Your Team
With risks of allergic reactions for patients, and a hungry staff in need of the energy to perform their duties effectively, your foodservice staff must be operating above and beyond at all times, in order to serve a hospital effectively. Fortunately, there are many ways to improve performance for Read More >>
Invest in Curbing Food Waste and Save in Operating Costs
A new publication released by the Champions 12.3 organization entitled “The Business Case for Reducing Food Loss and Waste: Catering” sheds new light on how “foodservice operators serving hospitals, schools, sports arenas and other facilities” can save in operating costs by investing in curbing food Read More >>
Hospital Dining Services Allow Seniors to Age-in-Place
As reported by AARP, despite the abundance of nursing homes and designated senior communities in place around the country, more than 87% of seniors over the age of 65 prefer to stay in the homes they raised their families in, and where they have lived the majority of their lives. However, more than Read More >>
Cooking to Restore Health After Addiction
Nutritious eating habits remain a cornerstone for maintaining optimal health in everyone, but for those in recovery, dietary choices can directly impact their recovery in numerous ways. Consuming foods that are nutritionally lacking and high in sugar, like fast food, as their bodies attempt to grow Read More >>
The Benefits of Running a Self-Operated Foodservice Department in a Hospital
There are not too many options when it comes to running a foodservice department in a hospital. Either you have a team of professionals on staff to take care of all your day-to-day responsibilities in-house, or you spend that money on outsourcing the job to a professional foodservice contractor. Read More >>
Healthcare Trends: Cancer-Fighting Foods
As experts continue to investigate the potential causes and cures of serious illnesses, like cancer, more and more are beginning to focus on what many think could be our best defense yet against these conditions– a healthier diet. According to Rachael Stolzenberg-Solomon, PhD, MPH, RD, a researcher Read More >>
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