Articles and Papers
Action Pact’s senior consultant Linda Bump, MPH, RD, helped draft the “New Dining Practice Standards” put out by the Food and Dining Clinical Standards Task Force. The work of the task force was sponsored by The Pioneer Network and The Rothschild Foundation. This work sprung from the 2010 national symposia “Creating Home II: Dining,” which was co-sponsored by CMS and the Pioneer Network to address the challenges of honoring resident rights and choice in dining, consistent with OBRA 1987.
Linda Bump also contributed a white paper, “The Deep Seated Issue of Choice,” as a background paper for the 2010 symposia.
The Deep Seated Issue of Choice
Linda Bump, MPH RD LNHA
This paper addresses the issue of resident self-determination through a focus on the dining experience. Its contents have been shaped through 35 years of personal and professional advocacy for resident self-determination and quality dining experiences. However, the collective passion, vast knowledge and rich experiences of pioneers in culture change from around the country shared in this paper shed a bright light on the challenges and possibilities of the topic. It is the author’s hope that this piece will provoke a sense of urgency for the need to honor elder self-determination in dining and ultimately, all aspects of their lives through increased regulatory support, collaboration of all stakeholders and actions to remove the varied barriers to this goal.
Other Articles of Interest
Dining at Home, an Action Pact collaboration
Person-Centered Care Planning - Honoring Choice While Mitigating Risk, By: Margaret Calkins Karen Schoeneman Jennifer Brush Robert Mayer; Second Edition - The Mayer-Rothschild Foundation, 2017
Care Planning for Resident Choice - a Process, Rothschild Person-Centered Care Planning Task Force
Old Age in a New Age, an interview with author Beth Baker
Artifacts of Culture Change 2.0, by Karen Schoeneman and Carmen Bowman
A Stage Model of Culture Change in Nursing Homes, by Leslie Grant, PhD and LaVrene Norton, MSW