Furthermore, staff members respect the privacy of couples living in nursing facilities. Nursing facility residents aren't visited regularly by family and friends. However, hard as they try, the staff can never offer the same sort of social and psychological support friends and family bring to a resident. Staff members recognize this and try to encourage visits and make visitors feel welcome. The food is terrible in nursing facilities.
Good food is a matter of individual taste.
Everyone has certain customary dishes and styles of preparation that no one else can duplicate. In the nursing facility, some residents are placed on restrictive diets that may limit salt, fat, cholesterol, or sugar. But dietary staff make every effort to ensure that these diets are varied and appealing. Because proper nutrition is so important to the health of residents, dietary managers should be available to discuss problems concerning food. I will be given medications that will cause me to lose control of my thoughts and actions.