What is a Diet Intervention?
A diet intervention can contain multiple customizations and is assigned to a resident/patient to automatically update their personal menu with those customizations. Because a diet intervention can contain multiple customizations, it prevents the need to individually assign each customization to a resident/patient profile.
For example, assume a diet intervention is configured to increase the serving size and add a supplement at dinner for the HiPro HiCal diet type. When a resident is assigned the HiPro HiCal diet type, then the diet intervention can be assigned to the resident, which in turn automatically updates their personal menu by adding the serving size increase and the supplement for dinner.
The following customizations can be included in a diet intervention:
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Personal Item - a personal item is an offering that is added to a person’s personal menu.
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Fallback Substitute - a fallback substitute is an item that can be served in the event that other items cannot be served.
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Serving Size Adjustment - there will be times when a person’s serving size needs to be reduced or increased. For example, a person receives half portions of beverages because they are on a fluid restriction, or if a person receives two servings of entrées because they require increased proteins.
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Do Not Serve - there is the ability to mark the following as do not serve:
- A meal period (breakfast, lunch, dinner) or snack time (snack am, snack pm, snack hs) can be marked as do not serve.
- A menu category of a meal period or snack time can me marked as do not serve.
- A Likes & Dislikes group can be marked as do not serve.
How is a Diet Intervention Triggered?
A diet intervention is associated with a diet type/texture type combination, and then assigned to a resident/patient profile who is assigned the same diet type/texture type combination. Because the diet intervention and the resident have the same diet type/texture type combination, the customizations of the diet intervention will apply.
Other Benefits of a Diet Intervention
Because a diet intervention is associated with a diet type/texture type combination, it can be assigned to multiple resident/patients who have the same diet type/texture type and the same needs, which therefore prevents the need to individually customize each personal menu.