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Setting Up “No Meal Service” for a Meal Period (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner) on Specific Days

Kevin U
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Setting Up “No Meal Service” for a Meal Period (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner) on Specific Days

If a resident/patient is not to be served a meal service (breakfast, lunch, dinner) on a specific day, then this can be indicated on their profile, For example, on Sunday the resident always has dinner with their family outside of the facility. For a meal period that is "no meal service", the following occurs: 

Note: The "no meal service" settings for a resident/patient does does not apply to the POS (i.e., the resident is not prevented from ordering at a POS).  

To set up no meal service, complete the following steps:

  1. Open the person’s profile.
  2. Below the Dining Room field, click the Assign by Meal link (first screenshot below). The Assign Dining Area by Meal window appears (second screenshot below). 

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  3. For the meal period/day of the week combination that there is no meal service for the person, select No Meal in the associated cell.

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  4. Click Apply to apply your changes.
  5. Click Save at the top right of the panel to save your changes. Note that when a resident/patient is assigned different dining areas or no meal service across meal periods and day of the week combinations, the text Various displaying in the Dining Room field. 

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FAQs

How do I set up "no meal service" for a snack time on specific days?

Unlike meal periods (breakfast, lunch, dinner), there is no direct way to set up no meal service for a snack time (snack am, snack pm, snack hs) on specific days. However, you can mark a snack time across all days as "do not serve" (DNS) for a resident/patient; to do so see Marking a Meal Period or Snack Time as DNS for a Resident/Patient. Then you can remove the DNS for the snack time when the resident/patient is ready to resume it.