Servers: Nursing vs Foodservice

March 9, 2009

Are servers working in the nursing department as caring as the food service  department staff about serving a meal? This question often tops the list of challenges in senior living communities., whether I’m working with a skilled nursing home, assisted living community, residential care community, or Continuing Care Community (CCRC).

A dining director in a CCRC remarked last week that servers from their nursing department (nurse aides) care about the residents, however many don’t  care to learn new skills about meal service.  She exacerbated, ” they don’t see a need to spend the time learning because they believe they already know everything about the residents”. Read more

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