Can assisted living houses refuse to serve residents food if they don’t follow their rules?

LizzyKat is a new poster: perhaps one of those who won't return to us to answer a few questions. Hopefully she will show up again to help us clarify what exactly is expected so that she can get fed.

Do you have a decision maker? I made decisions for someone with a shellfish allergy. The facility never threw me under the bus but did follow the diet I told them to follow. The person wanted shrimp and that was a no-no.

At my mother's old ALF, there was a gentleman who would get up from the dinner table & go to the wall & urinate there, all over the wall, in plain sight of the other residents eating dinner. He'd do this all the time. He would have to be escorted out of the dining room each time he relieved himself in this manner.

To hear him tell it, he might say he was denied his dinner.

What rules are you breaking, exactly, that the staff is refusing to serve you meals over?

No! No! No! Withholding food is just plain wrong no matter what rules you supposedly broke. No doubt they can insist that you eat in your room and they may charge extra for that service, but they should not deny you your meals.

It depends on what rules I would think.
Things are a bit different now and there may be rules that did not exist a year ago.
Are they asking you to wear a mask while you are not "actively eating" (this is a requirement that I was informed of when I dined while on vacation a few months ago)
Are they asking you to sanitize your hands before eating?
Are they asking you to wear a mask if someone is bringing food to your room?
Are they asking you to step away from other residents or staff?
Things like this I can understand and they make sense and are for the safety of everyone.
However if they are asking you to wear only Purple while eating that is stupid and wrong.
If you explain in a bit more detail what "rules" they are asking you to follow it might help with answers.

What rules do they want you to follow?

Speak to the administrator, Lizzy. I don't know what rules you signed up for. For instance in my brother's ALF he had to come out to the common area for meals. If he didn't I assume he wouldn't be served unless other arrangements were made. When he was ill, they served him in his room. But in general terms, no, no one should be withhold food from you. I think you can work this out with the administrator of your facility. Wishing you good luck. Hope you will tell us how that goes for you.