Source: Nourish
Year: 2018
Presenters: Diane Imrie, Director of Nutrition, University of Vermont; Joshna Maharaj, Chef, Activist; Dr Janice Sorensen, Professor, Langara College
The question of what qualifies as “healthy” food is highly contested in health care and beyond. This conversation is alive and well in our leadership cohort, and we want to engage it publicly. At the Reframing Healthy Food in Heath Care webinar we brought together diverse perspectives from three thought-leaders to explore how hospitals and health care facilities can lead the charge in expanding the definition of healthy food, to better serve people, patients, and the planet.
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Serving up Local: Manual for Increasing Local Foods in Long-Term Care
Source: Golden Horseshoe Food & Farming Alliance
Year: 2018
This manual is a collection of good practices resulting from the experience of nine long-term care (LTC) homes in three regions in the Golden Horseshoe region of Ontario as part of the Serving Up Local project from May 2016 to January 2018. It is designed to provide resources and steps that can be put into practice to initiate and grow institutional local food procurement programs by long-term care and other food service and procurement staff throughout the MASH (Municipalities, Academics, School Boards and Hospitals) in Ontario.
Best practices for Nutrition, Food Services and Dining in Long-Term Care Homes.
Source: Ontario Long Term Care Action Group, Dietitians of Canada
Year: 2013
A working paper exploring how to implement quality nutrition, hydration and pleasurable dining in order to enhance the quality of life, and care, for residents in long-term care.
Local Food and Ontario's Long-Term Care Sector
Source: Greenbelt Fund
Year: 2015
This report documents the current state of local food usage in Ontario's long-term care sector. The sector offers a significant market for local producers as the estimated annual raw food spend of $210 million, however the 600+ homes do not track local food usage and face barriers in adding local food items to their menus.
Local produce in the public sector, it’s possible!
Source: Équiterre
Year: 2016
A capsule of the partnership between Équiterre, the Pointe-de-l’Île School Board and the CIUSSS de l’Est-de-l’Île-de Montréal to increase the amount of local food served to residents and employees of four long-term care facilities.