January 2012 Kind Dining Connection
January 27, 2012
Read the January 2012 issue of Kind Dining® Connection for:
- Ways to foster community in the dining room, especially for single residents
- A Kind Dining® success story that will warm your heart
- Ideas for winter table centerpieces
- A new B♥ Kind, B♥ Courteous, B♥ Service Smart tip
- And much more!
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Leave No ‘Odd Man Out’ at the Dining Table in Long-Term Living
December 27, 2011
After recently teaching my dining class in a senior care community, I had an illuminating conversation with a resident. During the class I had mentioned that staff and administrators should learn the importance of setting the table mindfully. This resident shared her frustration in seeing all the tables in her dining room set with even numbers of place settings. She described her discouragement looking for a place to sit, feeling herself “the odd man out,” even when no one was seated at the table. [read more at Long-Term Living Magazine]
