Planning a Healthy Menu: A Toolkit for Supportive Living Sites

Planning a Healthy Menu: A Toolkit for Supportive Living Sites

Designed for operators of Supportive Living sites in Alberta, the toolkit is a “how-to-guide” to help the site plan, prepare, and provide healthy menus to residents. The toolkit helps:

• Support operators in meeting the Government of Alberta Supportive Living Accommodation Standards and Checklist .
• Provide step by step guidance to build a healthy menu which meets the nutrition requirements of residents following Canada’s Food Guide.
• Offers guidance to meet the help meet dietary needs of residents by adapting available regular menu items.

Background Information

Menu Planning

2.1 How to Plan a Healthy Menu

2.2 Healthy Standardized Recipes

2.3 Standardized Portion Sizes

2.4 Planning Healthy Meals in Support Homes

2.5 Budgeting

Making Menu Substitutions and Preparing Special Diets

3.1 Overview

3.2 Special Diets

3.3 Texture Modified Diets

• Easy to Chew
• Dysphagia Soft
• Minced
• Pureed
• Cut/Diced
• No Mixed Consistencies
• Pureed Bread Products
• Thick Fluids
• Staff Training - Texture Modified Foods and Thick Fluids

Right Diet to the Right Resident

4 1 Overview

4.2 Assigning Tasks for Diet Process Flow

Feedback or Questions

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