I'm Vanika Jethwa, a Massachusetts-licensed Registered Dietitian. I work with long-term care and adult day health facilities on their regulatory compliance. I became an RD in 2018 and spent time in long-term care and hospital clinical nutrition before moving into facility consulting in 2019. That’s now my full-time practice.

Most adult day and residential facilities need only a few hours of RD time each quarter to meet state regulatory requirements. The hard part isn’t the hours. It’s finding someone who knows the regulations well, can work the short on-site schedule, and will sit down with your management team to get the documentation right.