Skilled Nursing Facilities

Managing Therapeutic Spread View

You can view a day's meal or a specific course within the meal in the Therapeutic Spread View screen and compare it to selected therapeutic menu spread(s). You can assign menu items as main choice or alternates, edit menu item details, adjust portion sizes, add or remove replacement menu items, mark items as not needed, and exclude the regular menu item on a therapeutic menu.

  1. Menus > Menu Builder > Display Menu.

  2. Click Views.

  3. Click Therapeutic Spread View.

  4. Click Back to return to menu entry screen.

  • Everyday - Click to remove list of everyday menu items.

  • Choose Menus to View - Click to select up to 4 Therapeutic Menus to view.

  • Orange circle - Click to assign menu item as Main Choice.

  • M icon - Click to assign menu item as Alternate choice.

  • Menu item - Click to open Menu Item Details screen. You can edit menu item name, print group, category, serving size and description, and unsuitabilities for allergies, special diets, and textures.

  • Check mark - Suitable for the therapeutic menu. Click to open Menu Item Details screen. You can edit menu item name, print group, category, serving size and description, and unsuitabilities for allergies, special diets, and textures.

  • Portion adjust - Click up down arrow and select new portion. Hover over the check mark in a therapeutic menu column to show the portion adjust icon.

  • Unsuitable or check mark - Hover over unsuitable or the check mark and click the replace icon to replace the menu item. 

    1. Replace with - Search or type in menu item. 

    2. Select menu item.

    3. Select Replace all where suitable, if applicable.

    4. Click Replace.

  • Unsuitable - Hover over unsuitable and click red x if a replacement menu item is not required. Menu item shows as not needed.

  • Check mark - Hover over check mark and click red x if a regular menu item needs to be excluded from a therapeutic menu. Menu item shows as excluded

  • Click Legend for definition of icons.

  • You can duplicate a menu item from the Menu Item Detail screen.