My mom is losing weight drastically because she can't eat. I am gluten intolerant & she has felt better on a gluten free diet when she lived with me. She has lived in an Independent living facility that required her to pay for meals if she ate them or not, so she began to eat them that had gluten in them. She is now sick & the new rehab facility she is in has a worse menu than the place she moved from. How do I get a menu that suits her dietary needs?
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If your mom’s gluten free diet is a lifestyle choice rather than needed or required due to a disease, the facility may not do it at all or if they do she’s going to be billed for a special meal plan. You might want to speak with the head of dietary as to if anyone else is GF and how it has been dealt with. Facility will have a foodservice provider (Arrow, Sysco) that stuff must be ordered from.
If your mom has a 10% weight loss within 30 days, that’s a crisis point. If that has happened she can get supplemental feeding. Just what depends on the facilities ability. Usually year it’s a extra meal replacement liquid, like TwinCal with probiotics. Twin Cal is more than just Boost or liquid yogurt & has drs orders written to get it. My mom’s hospice MD wrote orders for it to be taken twice a day at the NH (as it was hospice it was billed to Medicare) and the NH MD wrote the orders for mechanized meals from dietary at the NH (as it’s dietary at the NH it’s part of Medicaid room&board fees). Each separate as each different billing & fiefdom.....
I am certain the facility accommodates low salt, low sugar and other dietary requirements. Unless your mom requires breads and pastas that are gluten free, I don't know why they can't just offer her foods that are naturally free of gluten. Hopefully, the nutritionist or dietician can help you.