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Food and Nutrition Services

Our Food and Nutrition Department, is led by licensed and registered dietitian nutritionists (RDN) with a focus on improving recovery and quality of life for long-term acute care patients.

Clinical Nutrition

  • Wound healing and tissue repair through targeted protein, calorie, and micronutrient support

  • Reduced complications such as infection, unintentional weight loss, and poor intake

  • Improved strength and endurance by preserving lean body mass and supporting rehabilitation efforts

  • Safe progression back to eating after prolonged illness, ventilation, or altered nutrition status

  • Greater patient engagement through bedside meal ordering and personalized food choices

  • Enhanced intake and satisfaction with real food options that align with medical and therapeutic needs

Clinical dietitians collaborate closely with the interdisciplinary care team to ensure nutrition therapy and patient meals are aligned with each individual’s medical condition, recovery goals, and readiness to eat, supporting healing and long-term recovery.

We use the latest evidence based clinical nutrition best practice and are experts in the different modes of nutrition such as tube feeding, IV nutrition, and oral diets. Our dietitians have had much success with weaning patients from tube feeding and getting them eating again.

Patient Meal Services

We are committed to providing a supportive, flexible dining experience that meets each patient’s medical and personal needs:

  • Bedside meal ordering that allows patients to choose meals within their prescribed diet

  • Real food options and daily specials prepared by our cooks to support healing, strength, and recovery

  • Individualized dietary accommodations based on medical needs, preferences, appetite, culture, religion, and tolerance

  • Responsive service that adapts to changing nutrition needs during recovery

  • Collaboration with clinical dietitians to ensure meals align with therapeutic goals

  • Patient and family-centered approach that encourages feedback and open communication

“Our goal is to make mealtime a positive, empowering part of the recovery process while supporting optimal nutrition and clinical outcomes.”

Frequently Asked Questions

RML's Food and Nutrition Department is led by licensed and registered dietitian nutritionists (RDNs) and focuses on improving recovery and quality of life for long-term acute care patients. Services combine clinical nutrition therapy with patient meal services, both coordinated with each patient's medical condition and recovery goals.

Clinical nutrition supports wound healing and tissue repair through targeted protein, calorie, and micronutrient support; helps reduce complications such as infection, unintentional weight loss, and poor intake; and preserves lean body mass to improve strength and endurance for rehabilitation. Dietitians align nutrition therapy with each patient's condition and recovery goals.

Yes. RML's dietitians are experts in the different modes of nutrition, including tube feeding, IV (intravenous) nutrition, and oral diets. They have had considerable success weaning patients from tube feeding and helping them return to eating after prolonged illness, ventilation, or altered nutrition status.

Yes. RML provides individualized dietary accommodations based on medical needs, preferences, appetite, culture, religion, and tolerance. Meals are prepared to align with each patient's prescribed diet and therapeutic goals, and service adapts as nutrition needs change during recovery.

Patients use bedside meal ordering to choose meals within their prescribed diet. Real food options and daily specials are prepared by RML's cooks to support healing, strength, and recovery, with a patient- and family-centered approach that encourages feedback and communication.

Nutrition care is led by licensed and registered dietitian nutritionists (RDNs), who collaborate closely with the interdisciplinary care team. This ensures nutrition therapy and patient meals are aligned with each individual's medical condition, recovery goals, and readiness to eat.