Nutrition Resource Center
Welcome to the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) Nutrition Resource Center. This Nutrition Resource Center is directed towards nutrition issues facing health care facilities in providing care for patients and residents. This page provides information, tools, and resources about improving nutrition for patients and residents. The page also provides information about state quality improvement initiatives related to nutrition and healthcare.
Announcements / Current News
Contacts
Indiana State Department of Health
2 North Meridian Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204
(317) 233-1325 (ISDH Main Switchboard)
Map
Assistant Commissioner
Terry Whitson
Indiana State Department of Health
Health Care Quality and Regulatory Commission
2 North Meridian Street, 5-A
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Email: twhitson@isdh.in.gov
Phone: (317) 233-7022
Phone: (317) 233-7621 [Administrative Assistant]
Fax: (317) 233-7053
Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity
Marcie Memmer, MPH, CHES
Director
Indiana State Department of Health
Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity
2 North Meridian St.
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Email: mmemmer@isdh.in.gov
Phone: (317) 233-7726
Definitions and Acronyms
Acronyms:
- ADA: American Dietetic Association
- CMS: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- HHS: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- ISDH: Indiana State Department of Health
Indiana Comprehensive Nutrition and Physical Activity Plan, 2010 - 2020
- Indiana's Comprehensive Nutrition and Physical Activity Plan
- Health care facilities may be particularly interested in sections on Health Care, Worksite, and Older Adults as templates for developing facility quality improvement plans.
- For information on the Indiana Healthy Weight Initiative, please visit http://www.inhealthyweight.org.
Organizations
- American Dietetic Association (ADA)
- American Medical Directors Association (AMDA)
- This Association is the professional association of medical directors, attending physicians, and others practicing in the long term care continuum. The Association is dedicated to excellence in patient care and provides education, advocacy, information, and professional development to promote the delivery of quality long term care medicine.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Regulations Pertaining to Nutrition and Health Care Facilities
Resources / Toolkits
- American Medical Directors Association (AMDA)
- The Association has published the AMDA Altered Nutritional Status in the Long-Term Care Setting: Clinical Practice Guidelines.
- ISDH Healthcare Leadership Conference on Improving Nutrition for Older Adults, Indianapolis, IN, March 31, 2011
- The ISDH conducted a Healthcare Leadership Conference for nursing homes leadership, long term care provider associations, consumer advocate organizations, and state surveyors. The following are resources and tools provided at the conference:
- Presentation Powerpoints:
- Resources / Tools:
- Nutritional Information
- A Senior’s Guide to Good Nutrition
- Elderly Nutrition – Healthy Eating Tips
- Enhancing Nutrition and Eating Skills in Long Term Care
- Healthy Eating for Seniors
- Nutrition and the Elderly…Are the Seniors in Your Life Eating Well?
- Nutrition Tips – Seven Diet Sins
- Senior Nutrition – The Joy of Eating Well and Aging Well
- Food Pyramid
- Food Pyramid Remodeled for Seniors
- Modified Food Guide Pyramid for People over Seventy Years of Age
- Recommendations for healthy, tasty, eating & drinking for Adults
- Guidelines
- Dietary Assessment Methodology
- Forms
- Client Assessment Form – Danielle Omar, MS, RD
- Diabetes / Nutrition Assessment Form – Diabetes & Nutrition Education Center (DNEC)
- Food Preference Questionaire – Danielle Omar, MS, RD
- Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) – Nestle Nutrition Institute
- Nutrition Assessment Form – Leith Wagner, RD
- Nutrition Assessment Form – Nutrition Center Colorado State University (CSU)
- Nutritional Information
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