Eric Eisenberg on being more than just a dining director at a senior living facility
The chef and longtime healthcare operator talks about the operational changes made during coronavirus at Rogue Valley Manor.
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Major senior community operator Erickson Living adapts to COVID-19 with meal delivery, grocery concierge programs
Erickson Living closed the onsite restaurants at its senior living communities due to the coronavirus outbreak and implemented 100% meal delivery along with a concierge program to provide residents with groceries.
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9 ways senior living dining operations are keeping spirits up
From wine and cheese to ice cream treats, senior dining facilities are taking coronavirus twists and turns in stride and offering new services for residents.
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The road ahead for onsite dining: Senior dining
Dining in senior living communities will face a big challenge in how to balance resident safety while providing socialization opportunities.
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Stories from the front lines: Sodexo’s new senior dining CEO on starting a job before the coronavirus struck
Zeta Smith, CEO, North America Seniors at Sodexo and former Starbucks employee, shares some inspiring stories of senior dining, the challenges there and being part of a new team.
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15 Foodservice Heroes in senior dining who helped keep a vulnerable population safe and fed
Here are some of the submissions from the senior dining foodservice community that Food Management received in response to its call for nominations of Foodservice Heroes who stepped up during the coronavirus crisis this spring.
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Senior dining chef live streams cooking videos to residents’ apartments during quarantine
Cooking with Eileen is a new series that uses technology to stay connected to an isolated population: senior citizens.
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Kisco Senior Living remains sustainable, cuts costs with eco-friendly reusable meal containers
Kisco Senior Living provides 100% room delivery of meals to residents without disposables by using eco-friendly, transparent meal containers that maintain temperature integrity, are attractive and save both money and landfill space.
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Menno Place senior facility in Canada to start social-distanced communal meals
Menno Place will start bringing small groups of seniors to its dining rooms to share a meal once a week while sitting at separate tables.
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Cart-based meal service feeds and engages senior residents at Rockwood Retirement Communities
Mobile meal carts that incorporate hot food steam wells visit residents three times a day to serve meals at Rockwood Retirement Communities.
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