A comprehensive menu planning program makes designing high-quality, nutritious meals for assisted living residents quick and easy. The exclusive Grove Menus food menu system offers flexibility and a variety of options that make menu development much easier. Let’s look at how our automated tools can improve your food service processes while lowering your costs significantly. …
Nursing home menus must incorporate a variety of critical considerations, ranging from nutritional values to flavor and visual appeal. Because seniors face an increased risk of chronic disease. Both cardiovascular and heart disease are of particular concern. The American Heart Association has included eating a heart-healthy diet as one of the most important aspects of …
If you struggle with recipe ideas for seniors in your nursing home or assisted living facility, you are not alone. Many senior care administrators battle this problem on a daily basis. The primary considerations of controlling cost and increasing the appeal of menu items can pose a challenge for satisfying regulatory and nutritional standards. How …
When designing menus for seniors, it’s important to consider environmental factors that can affect nutrition and food intake. Food psychologists have studied dietary trends for people of all ages and discovered several striking facts. Of course, we understand how environmental factors can influence health and obesity in children and young adults, but they affect older individuals as well. Because …
When designing menus for seniors, it’s important to include as many nutrient-dense as possible. By adding foods rich in flavonoids and phytochemicals, you can help your assisted living or nursing home residents maintain their mobility and protect against a variety of diseases. A host of recent studies demonstrates how powerful these plant metabolites can be …
The challenge of finding new recipe ideas for seniors became a bit more difficult recently, when the USDA announced its updated dietary guidelines. Every five years, the U.S. Department of Agriculture updates its recommendations for a healthy diet, based on updated nutritional research. Where we once followed the guidelines of the Food Pyramid, today we …
