Diet & Nutrition Care Manual: Simplified Edition

2019 Edition – Diet and Nutrition Care Manual: A Simplified Nutrition Care Guide

A great nutrition resource and guide for nursing homes, assisted living facilities and group homes. Provides guidelines for evidence based practice, including the US Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2015-2020 and MyPlate. Use this best-seller as an evidence based reference to provide nutrition care, interpret diets, write menus, meet federal/state regulations, and define physician diet orders. Easy to use tools, charts and guidelines! Approximately 250 pages.

Changes to the 2019 Diet and Nutrition Care Manual include:

• Updated all chapters to reflect current evidence-based guidelines and current standards of nutrition care.
• Incorporated information from the:
  • International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative (IDDSI).
  • 2018 Scientific Report from the Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee.
  • 2017 Guideline for Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure in Adults published by the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association.
  • 2018 Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes.
• Updated recent research on sodium intake, cardiovascular health, and heart failure.
• Updated information on GI care including information on ostomies.