Huntington
Park Care Center
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| Nutrition has a major role in protecting health, and slowing disease progression. Paradigms that promote the nutritional components of healthy aging are needed to increase the age of chronic, degenerative disease onset, and to maintain healthy, functional lives for as long as possible. Geriatric nutrition applies nutrition principles to delay effects of aging and disease, to aid in the management of the physical, psychological, psychosocial changes commonly associated with growing old. The cornerstone of geriatric nutrition is a well-balanced diet. This provides optimal nutrition to help delay the leading causes of death: heart disease, cancer, and stroke.
Our Residents' Menu Committee makes recommendations for menu adjustments. Residents are interviewed by our Dietary Manager to ensure that individual food preferences are identified. Careful, ongoing observation of residents is maintained ,to detect emerging medical, physical, and psychological problems that could negatively impact their nutritional status. Our Nutritional Services team is lead by Loretta Curtic, RD, and Judy Satter, CDM.
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At Huntington Park Care Center, we have a dedicated team of professionals to
ensure that not only are we meeting the nutritional requirements of our
residents, but also that meals are attractive, and nicely presented. Medical
conditions requiring special diets are monitored by a licensed medical
nutritional therapist.
Providing a positive dining experience for our residents takes an
"orchestrated" effort, between nursing and dietary staff, to ensure
enjoyment and satisfaction with one of the most important activities of the
day......mealtime.