Senior Living Concentration
"You have to embrace getting older."
- Meryl Streep
- Meryl Streep
With the aging population, there are more and more opportunities for dietitians to provide support to seniors, who reside in long term care or assisted living facilities along with those who live independently. Sodexo is in a unique position to offer a concentration in Senior Living with over 500 senior living accounts, approximately 117 of which are Continuing Care Retirement Communities, and regional nutrition managers who work with this population.
Senior Living Concentration Interns
Our interns will:
- Complete comprehensive annual, quarterly, and/or significant change nutrition assessments using NCP and MDS process on assigned senior residents to include at least a transition feeding plan, treatment of pressure ulcers, weight changes and an enteral feeding plan
- Develop, promote and implement a nutrition education wellness activity or a special nutrition related project involved with senior population.
- Develop understanding and competency for new International Dysphagia Diet Standardization Initiative (IDDSI).
