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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.

Read the full paper here

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