Abstract
In 2010, the “Creating Home II National Symposium on Culture Change and the Food and
Dining Requirements” cosponsored by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services (CMS)
and the Pioneer Network created a multidisciplinary task force for dining practice
standards. In 2011, this task force crafted and finalized the New Dining Practice
Standards. These standards have been agreed upon by 12 national clinical standard
setting organizations and will be referred to by CMS as new standards of practice.
The new standards include evidence-based research, as well as new thinking in advance
of research and corroboration with federal requirements. Speech-language pathologists
can guide care communities in implementing the new standards and lead a new era of
honoring the person in making informed decisions and mitigating risk of harm at the
same time.
Keywords
Dining - standards - food - older population - clinical standards
