It's Here!  The updated 2023 Edition of the DHCC NJ Diet Manual for Healthcare Communities!

A comprehensive, user friendly guide for meeting the nutritional needs of Assisted Living.  Long Term Care Residents, Adult Medical Day Care and Community Health.

Accurate and based on current theory, the 2023 manual features:

• Commonly prescribed diets
• Consistent carbohydrate diets
• Extensive updated gluten-free diet
• Renal diets made easy
• Meal planning guidelines and sample menus
• Ready to copy handouts
• Alternate nutrition
• Expanded plant based menu options
• IDDSI section as well as current Altered Textures 

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Members of the New Jersey Dietetics in Health Care Communities have written this diet manual for use by physicians, nurses, dietitians, food service managers, and other health care professionals as a reference guide for planning the nutritional care for residents of health care facilities.

The format is useful to explain the purpose of each diet, with descriptions, meal planning guidelines and a sample menu.  Many pages are appropriate as handouts to instruct residents and families.  Tabs separating the sections will make this manual easy and convenient to use.  The chapters address a wide variety of nutritional requirements, and are intended for adults 18 years or older. 

A special section on feeding problems has been included to address the issues often faced in providing adequate nutrition for the resident in long term care.