VANCOUVER, B.C. — The International Council on Active Aging (ICAA) has announced the winners of its inaugural Plate of Distinction awards, which recognize culinary excellence in senior living communities.
Recipients of the awards include Manor at Willow Valley Communities in Lancaster, Pennsylvania; The Watermark at Bellevue in Bellevue, Washington; and Matthews Glen by Acts Retirement-Life Communities in Matthews, North Carolina.
According to the ICAA, communities were evaluated across the areas of nutrition, taste and presentation, hospitality and mealtime experience, innovation and culture and leadership. Communities completed self-evaluations, benchmarked performance against peer communities and underwent third-party validation.
“Families and aging adults now understand that nutrition and dining experiences are the foundation of health span and quality of life,” says Matthew Thompson, chief culinary officer at Restaura and co-author of the ICAA’s new Culinary and Hospitality Standards of Excellence. “The time has come for the industry to raise the bar.”
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