A therapeutic diet is a diet to treat a disease or to help to manage medical condition with a meal plan that controls the intake of foods and nutrition. It is prescribed by a doctor/physician and planned by a dietitian. The benefit of this diet in long-term care is individualize and modify a regular diet for the residents’, who are at nutritional risk and have a medical condition, by a dietitian. For example, therapeutic diet for diabetes is blood sugar management. A therapeutic diet for diabetic is managing sugar and carbohydrate due to inability to make enough insulin. It helps to choose food choices carefully from each food group and maximize the nutritional intake while minimize the risks. It also helps for healthy weight and blood sugar
