Acts and Regulations

85-187 - General

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Dietary and food service standards
2021-86
23An operator shall ensure that service of food in a nursing home is in accordance with the following requirements:
(a) the basic daily dietary requirements for each resident shall be provided in accordance with the nutritional standards developed by the Department of National Health and Welfare, and known as the Canada Food Guide, and shall be supplemented to meet the nutritional needs of the individual resident;
(b) a minimum three week cycle menu prepared at least a week in advance shall be posted in the dietary department serving the nursing home and copies of the menu shall be retained on file for a period of at least three months, and any changes or substitutions thereto shall be noted on the menu;
(c) menus shall be prepared so that a satisfactory variety of food is offered to residents in order that nutritional and dietary needs and problems may be satisfied;
(d) at least three meals shall be served to residents each day at regular times and at reasonable hours and there shall be no more than a fifteen-hour period between a substantial supper and breakfast, and supplementary feeding shall be provided as required; and
(e) therapeutic special diets shall be served to a resident as and when ordered by their physician or a nurse practitioner employed by the nursing home and such diets shall be recorded on the resident’s medical record.
91-55; 2002-58; 2022-13
23An operator shall ensure that service of food in a nursing home is in accordance with the following requirements:
(a) the basic daily dietary requirements for each resident shall be provided in accordance with the nutritional standards developed by the Department of National Health and Welfare, and known as the Canada Food Guide, and shall be supplemented to meet the nutritional needs of the individual resident;
(b) a minimum three week cycle menu prepared at least a week in advance shall be posted in the dietary department serving the nursing home and copies of the menu shall be retained on file for a period of at least three months, and any changes or substitutions thereto shall be noted on the menu;
(c) menus shall be prepared so that a satisfactory variety of food is offered to residents in order that nutritional and dietary needs and problems may be satisfied;
(d) at least three meals shall be served to residents each day at regular times and at reasonable hours and there shall be no more than a fifteen-hour period between a substantial supper and breakfast, and supplementary feeding shall be provided as required; and
(e) therapeutic special diets shall be served to a resident as and when ordered by their physician or a nurse practitioner employed by the nursing home and such diets shall be recorded on the resident’s medical record.
91-55; 2002-58; 2022-13
23An operator shall ensure that service of food in a nursing home is in accordance with the following requirements:
(a) the basic daily dietary requirements for each resident shall be provided in accordance with the nutritional standards developed by the Department of National Health and Welfare, and known as the Canada Food Guide, and shall be supplemented to meet the nutritional needs of the individual resident;
(b) a minimum three week cycle menu prepared at least a week in advance shall be posted in the dietary department serving the nursing home and copies of the menu shall be retained on file for a period of at least three months, and any changes or substitutions thereto shall be noted on the menu;
(c) menus shall be prepared so that a satisfactory variety of food is offered to residents in order that nutritional and dietary needs and problems may be satisfied;
(d) at least three meals shall be served to residents each day at regular times and at reasonable hours and there shall be no more than a fifteen-hour period between a substantial supper and breakfast, and supplementary feeding shall be provided as required; and
(e) therapeutic special diets shall be served to a resident as and when ordered by his physician or a nurse practitioner employed by the nursing home and such diets shall be recorded on the resident’s medical record.
91-55; 2002-58