Dining Assistant Training Curriculum
Tennessee Specific Training Materials
Implementation Guides
Several national organizations have produced implementation guides, which go beyond the Trained Dining Assistant curriculum. These resources help facilities successfully utilize and supervise Trained Dining Assistants to improve nutritional care quality.
- Dining Assistant Programs in Nursing Homes: Guidelines for Implementation Manual
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, Health and Human Services, Federal Register - New Dining Practice Standards
Pioneer Network Food and Dining Clinical Standards Task Force, August 2011 - How to be a Feeding Assistant: A Quality Approach to Assisted Dining
American Health Care Association (AHCA)/NCAL Publications