When was the last time a surveyor asked for a log, and you weren't 100% sure it was ready?
Survey-ready dietary compliance — without adding headcount.
Weekly live walkthroughs, a full compliance log system, corrective-action tracking, and quarterly QAPI reporting — run remotely, built specifically for SNF and LTC kitchens.
Not ready for a full call? Try a free 15-minute mock walkthrough, with report, on one kitchen, one time →
SOURCE: CMS CASPER, FY2024 Reviewed
When was the last time you found a stale log two days before survey, and just hoped it wouldn't come up?
Your DON already knows the logs are inconsistent. They don't have time to fix it.
Logs get filled in, not reviewed
Twelve different compliance logs run through your kitchen daily. Someone signs them. Almost no one audits them until survey week. I can't cover a shift or fix a short delivery from here. What I do is review the logs, catch the drift, and tell you what to fix before a surveyor finds it.
Dietary compliance is a part-time job for someone with a full-time one
DONs and administrators are already stretched. Dietary compliance is the thing that gets reviewed last — right before it gets cited first.
A citation costs more than a consultant does
F812, F880, and F689 account for the large majority of dietary-related citations nationally. A weekly outside review is cheaper than any one of them.
Not ready for a call yet? Start with the checklist.
A one-page, print-ready self-audit for the three F-tags above — F812, F880, and F689. Run it against your own kitchen this week, no call required.
You're set — download it below, no email sequence to follow.
Download the PDF checklist ↓Three tiers. One system underneath all of them.
Essential
- Weekly 15-min live walkthrough (Google Meet / Zoom)
- Full 12-log compliance system
- Corrective action tracking
- Client must have staff available for the call
Professional
- Everything in Essential
- Expanded log review depth
- Priority scheduling and response
- Quarterly compliance workbook
Enterprise
- Everything in Professional
- Multi-site or higher-complexity facilities
- Extended staff training support
- Direct escalation line
Add-ons for facilities that need more than the monthly tier.
Run by a CDM/CFPP, not a generalist.
I do this work because I believe there is no greater honor than serving others. Behind every compliance log is a resident who eats three meals a day from that kitchen, and in every kitchen I've run, the best care came from a dietary team that worked as one. That's why I build systems around the team, not just the paperwork, and why I know they work.
I spent over twenty years running dietary departments inside SNF, LTC, and acute-care kitchens before I built this practice — so I've sat on your side of the survey table more times than I can count.
I moved the work remote because the gap was never in the requirements, it was in review: nobody had time to catch drift before survey day. That's what a weekly outside set of eyes fixes, without adding another body to your payroll.
— Casey Dickinson, CDM, CFPP
Three steps. No disruption to how your kitchen already runs.
Intake
A short onboarding call maps your current logs, staffing, and last survey's findings — so week one isn't a cold start.
Systems Setup
The 12-log compliance system is installed into your existing routine, not layered on top of it. Staff keep doing what they already do — just tracked correctly.
Weekly Walkthroughs
A live 15-minute review, every week, catching drift before it becomes a finding — with corrective actions logged and closed out.
The twelve logs every reviewed facility runs.
This is the actual log set installed with every client, regardless of tier. Every log doubles as QAPI evidence: each quarter, the documented checks and corrective actions roll up into a quality report that shows your facility is actively improving, not just filling in forms.
Click any log to see the actual blank template — download the PDF if you want a closer look.
People I've worked alongside, not paid clients.
Happylife Enterprises is a new practice — these are colleagues from my dietary management career who can speak to how I actually work.
Book a 30-minute call. No pitch deck, just your logs and your last survey.
Serving SNF and LTC facilities across the US — currently prioritizing Portland OR, Vancouver WA, and Alaska.
Working with resident-level diet orders and care data remotely: a Business Associate Agreement (BAA) is available for every engagement, and all data is handled under HIPAA-compliant data practices.
Remote by design — walkthroughs are scheduled in your facility's time zone, with standing availability across Pacific and Alaska hours.
The mock walkthrough is one facility, one time — a real 15-minute look at one kitchen, not a sales call. You'll get a written report of what I found and what I'd fix; a full engagement covers the rest.