Saint Andrew Life Center provides seniors with independent living, assisted living, and intermediate
nursing care in a beautifully landscaped ten-acre setting. Residents enjoy three nutritious
meals daily, and can choose from participating in the center’s activities or riding the Niles free
bus to reach neighborhood dining and shopping. The facility offers a beauty/barber shop, a
health clinic, and a beautiful chapel which offers residents and families an opportunity for
prayerful reflection. Sponsored by the Sisters of the Holy Family and the Sisters of the Resurrection,
Saint Andrew Life Center offers a safe and comfortable home-like environment provided
by a caring, dedicated staff.
St. Andrew Life Center
At-A-Glance
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Systems:
Client Since:
1994
Location:
Niles, IL
Applications:
Tray Service
Dining
Meal Preferences
HIPAA compliancy
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GeriMenu Makes Foodservice Easier
Saint Andrew Life Center has been using GeriMenu’s Resident
Meal Planning Module since 1994. Today, they serve 175
residents at their facility.
When Tom Ryan, Food Service Director, began working at
Saint Andrew, they were using a limited software program
which would only print tray tickets with resident likes and
dislikes. Ryan quickly discovered the benefit of GeriMenu’s
ability to do so much more!
Saint Andrew makes the most of GeriMenu’s Resident Meal
Planning Module which allows them to:
- Produce resident-specific tray tickets based on their menus and residents’ preferences
- Simplify serving lines with sanitary, single-use tray tickets and snack/nourishment labels
- Manage day-to-day operations using a multitude of system reporting tools
- Diminish food waste and overproduction using accurate production tallies
- Save valuable time and money using GeriMenu’s forecasting abilities
- Meet state regulations with software features that support HIPAA compliancy.
Saint Andrew runs two menu cycles, each one four weeks
long. In addition to the regular menus, GeriMenu assists
Saint Andrew in planning for special events by allowing
them to switch the standard menu with a theme or holiday
menu. The scheduling process is easy, and the facility can
save the menus (with the diet spreadsheets) from one year
to the next.
“One of the most valuable aspects of GeriMenu is the flexibility
that the program has,” says Ryan. “We can tailor the
programs to meet the needs of each of our resident care
levels."
Results You Can See
Saint Andrew Life Center has observed measurable results in cutting meal
cost and overproduction, attributing these improvements to their use of
GeriMenu.
Kitchen staff formerly had to guess how many residents were
on puree diets, low cholesterol diets, etc. Now that information
is generated using GeriMenu and over-production has been cut
significantly. Food costs have been reduced using GeriMenu’s
production reporting features which tally information for each
specific kitchen station.
The software has also saved countless hours formerly spent on
menu and production planning. The results are not only
identified in the kitchen! With such accurate preferences now
in place, nursing staff spends less time organizing menus with
the residents. Ryan notes that residents are more pleased with
their meals, and they are eating better and staying
healthier.
Future Plans
St Andrew plans to implement GeriMenu’s Recipe/Nutrient
Analysis, Inventory, and Purchasing Order Modules which provide
beneficial tools for vendor procurement, scaled standardized
recipes, and food safety standards. They are also interested in
utilizing GeriMenu’s handheld interface which can take meal
selections, dining room assignments, and resident data right in
the residents’ rooms, and then upload the information to the
GeriMenu system.
Satisfaction With GeriMenu
Saint Andrew Life Center has found significant value in GeriMenu.
“I highly recommend GeriMenu to any facility in long-term care,”
explains Ryan, “Your investment in the system will repay you by
resulting in more efficient employees, less wasted food, proper
documentation for state inspectors, and reports your
administrators can actually read!”
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