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Person Centered Way: Best Practices in Food, Nutrition and Dining Services
Speaker: Maria DeNicola, MS, RD, LD/N
Gordon Food Service

A best practice is any dining or food service initiative that a Caring Community has developed which improves lives or living conditions and is directed toward quality of life. A best practice fosters cooperative efforts that enhance excellence and innovation in care. A best practice may involve personal rights, provision of services or administrative practices which result in improved person-centered care. The Florida Pioneer Network awarded 3 recipients a "2020 Best Practice Showcase Award" for food, nutrition and dining services. Nominations for best practice were judged on criteria based on defined need, goals and objectives, intervention, quality outcomes, promotion of team work & collaboration and creatively using their resources. Learn about the recipients who were awarded and what they changed in their community to receive this honorable award and distinction.

Maria DeNicola, is a Registered & Licensed Dietitian/Nutritionist and holds an MS in Health Care Administration. She has 40 years’ of experience leading Food and Nutrition Services departments as a Director, consultant and marketing specialist. As a Business Solution Specialist for Gordon Food Service she works with customers as a consultant for best practice in the non-commercial market including acute care & senior living (SNF, ALF & Memory Care). As Chairman of the 2019/2020 Florida Pioneer Network 2020 Best Practice Showcase Award work group she solicited nominations for this award which was based on person-centered initiatives for Food, Nutrition and/or Dining Services with 3 top winners chosen from the entries.

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