- Prerequisites to Allow In-Room Service for a Resident
- In-Room Service for All Meal Periods and Days
- In-Room Service for Specific Meal Periods/Days
- Temporarily Setting Up In-Room Service
Prerequisites to Allow In-Room Service for a Resident
The MealSuite system can indicate that meals for a resident are to be delivered to their room (i.e., in-room service).
The following prerequisites must be in place before setting up in-room service for a resident:
- The residence area of the resident's room must be configured for in-room service. Ensure this is done before setting up in-room service for people. To do so, see the following article: Enabling In-Room Service for a Residence Area
- For a resident who is to have in-room service, ensure their service type is advance ordering or non-select. See Selecting Service Types (Table Select, Advanced Ordering, Non-Select) for Persons for instructions to do so.
In-Room Service for All Meal Periods and Days
After setting up the prerequisites above to allow in-room service for a resident, you can set up in room-service for all meal periods and days for that resident. To do so, complete the following steps:
- Open the resident's profile.
- In the Dining Room field, select In Room.
- Click Save at the top right of the panel to save your changes.
In-Room Service for Specific Meal Periods/Days
After setting up the prerequisites to allow in-room service for a resident, you can set up in room-service for specific meal period and day combinations for that person. To do so, complete the following steps:
- Open the resident's profile.
- 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).
- For a meal period and day to have in-room service, select In Room.
- Click Apply to apply your changes.
- Click Save at the top right of the panel to save your changes.
Temporarily Setting Up In-Room Service
You can temporarily indicate that all meals for all days must be delivered to a resident's room without overwriting your current dining area configuration for that resident. To do so:
- Ensure the prerequisites to allow in-room service for a resident are configured.
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Open the resident’s profile.
- Select the Deliver all meals in room check box.
- Click Save at the top right of the panel to save your changes.
When the Deliver all meals in room check box is selected the following occurs:
- In the Personal Information section, the text “Temporarily Deliver Meals to Room” is displayed in red above the Dining Room field.
- On the People Listing screen, the in-room alert icon displays for the person with the tooltip “All Meals in Room”.