Your team needs a complete system that empowers them to implement IDDSI independently and participate in a culture of safety.

We’re excited to share that we created an IDDSI Community Group on LinkedIn so that dietitians, speech language pathologists, food service leaders, industry partners, and other professionals working with IDDSI can support each other.

“I have found that having a strong foundational understanding of IDDSI by all stakeholders makes progress smoother and quicker. “

Individuals who are served IDDSI Pureed (Level 4) have a serious swallowing disorder called dysphagia.

Chances are that the foodservice departments at other facilities don’t define the term “mechanical soft” in the same way you do. This not only creates confusion when receiving diet orders from other facilities, but it also puts individuals with dysphagia at risk for choking.

You’re likely already serving bite-sized pieces of food, but what really defines the word “bite-sized”?

We know that learning about IDDSI is a complex undertaking, and we’ve found that having a deep understanding of each IDDSI level is a good place to start. This post will walk you through IDDSI Regular Easy to Chew (Level 7) in detail, including:

This is the first in a series of charts that Roche Dietitians is doing on IDDSI levels that you can print and share with your colleagues.

This is the second in a series of charts that Roche Dietitians is doing on IDDSI levels that you can print and share with your colleagues.

This is the third in a series of charts that Roche Dietitians is doing on IDDSI levels that you can print and share with your colleagues.

This is the fourth in a series of charts that Roche Dietitians is doing on IDDSI Levels that you can print and share with your colleagues.

This is the fifth in a series of charts that Roche Dietitians is doing on IDDSI Levels that you can print and share with your colleagues.

MIND stands for Mediterranean DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay. It is an eating pattern that combines two well studied diets that are associated with health promotion, the Mediterranean diet and the DASH Diet (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension). We put together this blog with infographics on the MIND Diet to give you a quick way to get to the details of what makes up the MIND Diet.

Margaret Roche was recently a guest on The Boelter Wire Podcast, where she discussed how organizations can improve their food quality and safety with IDDSI

Corn is of those foods that is hard to make into a texture……….

“Why should we make changes to textures that are currently working well for our clientele?

“Is IDDSI adaptable to an individual’s needs or do the levels need to be followed correctly every time?

Which vegetables work best on a puree diet and on a soft diet? And do you sieve all of your vegetables after you puree them?

“I was curious how you are using the transitional foods? Is it separate diet order that allows transitional foods within each level?

“I am wondering how you handle gravy related to IDDSI. Do you recommend placing it on meats? Staff are used to putting gravy on everything from the old dysphagia standards.