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Creating and Managing Therapeutic Menus

This screen contains configuration settings for Menu Builder for Therapeutic Menus. When offering menu item variations for therapeutic diets (e.g. pureed, ground, low fat, low sat, variable serving sizes, and so on), you need to set up Therapeutic Menus to add these variations from the Regular Menu into your menu sets. The Therapeutic Choices entered for these menus appear as Meal Choices when placing Resident Meal Orders.

You can edit the Short Names of the Therapeutic Menu and delete the Therapeutic Menu. You can sort the order your Therapeutic Menus are listed which determines the order they appear in various lists throughout the application. 

Note

You should set up all the Therapeutic Menus you need in advance of adding the Menu content.

Note

After a Therapeutic Menu is created with a Texture and Special Diet(s), it cannot be edited. You need to delete the incorrect Therapeutic Menu and add a new one.

  1. Menus > Menu builder > Setup Therapeutic Menus.

    Note

    Click Print to Excel to print a list of all therapeutic menus.

  • Textures - Select option. A Therapeutic Menu must consist of a Texture. 

  • Special Diets - Select option. A special diet is not required if there are no dietary restrictions or you can select the Standard Regular diet, depending on your facility diet policies.

  • You can only setup Therapeutic menus from the Menu Set Listing page.

  • Add a custom Short Name. The Short Name appears in screens and reports. Otherwise, the texture name and special diet(s) assigned to Therapeutic Menu appear.

  • Deleting a Therapeutic Menu deletes the contents of that menu and menu item replacements added for the Therapeutic Menu in all Menu Sets. There is no undo after a Therapeutic Menu is deleted.

  • When you add new Therapeutic Menus to an existing Menu Set, carefully review and edit the therapeutic choices for all days, meals, and weeks in your menu set.

  • Menu choices do not appear on Meal Order screen for a resident on a therapeutic combination if therapeutic choices are not entered for the Therapeutic Menus.

  • Changes to the name of the Therapeutic Menu in this form are updated in all areas of the application (pick lists, reports, and so on).

  • To reorder therapeutic menus, drag and drop up or down. The order of the therapeutic menus impacts the Auto Suggest functionality.

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