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LINDA HANDY, M.S., R.D. #623784: Commission on Dietetic Registration 2010 W San Marcos Blvd, Home # 38 EDUCATION, TRAINING, CERTIFICATIONS: 1984 M.S. in Food Service & Nutrition, Framingham State, MA 1981-2 Dietetic Traineeship (qualifying internship for Registered Dietitian) at Boston City Hospital, Boston, MA 1976 M.Ed. U Mass/Boston State, Boston, MA 1969 B.S. in Food and Nutrition, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT (Additional training with CMS and CDPH included at end) (Additional training with CMS and CDPH included at end) EMPLOYMENT CURRENT: November 2007-present: Owner: Handy Dietary Consulting
PAST EMPLOYMENT: Brief Description:
Nov 1991-Nov 1994: Consultant Dietitian to SNF facilities in So.CA Jan 1994-Nov 1994: Food Service Director/Campus Dietitian, Remington Club, Continuing Care Retirement Center (99 bed SNF), 16925 Hierba Dr., San Diego, CA 92127 Oct 1991-Feb 1993: Director of Dining Services, Casa de las Campanas, Continuing Care Retirement Center (99 bed SNF), 18655 W. Bernardo Dr, San Diego, CA 92127 Sept 1984-Oct 1991: Director of Dietary Services/ Campus Dietitian, Fredericka Manor Continuing Care Retirement Center (176 bed SNF), 183 3rd. Ave, Chula Vista, CA 92010 Aug 1982-June 1984: Associate Professor in Dietetic Division, Full time, Laboure College for Allied Health Care, 2120 Dorchester Ave, Boston, MA 1984-1993:
Part time instructor in dietetics at several local colleges:
Palomar College, Grossmont College, and Cal State San
Bernardino PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (NOT INCLUSIVE): 2011 Committee for Culture Change (Under Practice Group: Dietitians in Health Care Communities DHCC, American Dietetic Association) 2009-2010 ADA workgroup (under DHCC practice group) for Developing the Scope of Practice/Scope of Professional Responsibility for RD in Extended Care Facilities 2009 Project for Revision of CD HCF Manual: Nutrition Care of the Older Adult, (Coordinator for revision of Chapter 16 Nutrition Assessment) American Dietetic Association 2010 Reviewer for revision of Dietary Manager Association’s manual: Nutrition and MNT for Dietary Managers and new manual: Nutrition Documentation and LTC Compliance 2008 Dietitian Specialist & liaison to facilities, CA Coalition for Culture Change Dining Project 2008 Participant on Culture Change Committee for Web Resources for Culture Change for CD-HCF 2000-Present: Advisory Board of San Diego Mesa College Dietetic Service Supervisor Program 1989-90: State Legislative Chair (CDA) 1988-89: President of San Diego District (CDA) 1987-88: Chair of the San Diego Consulting Dietitians in Health Care Facilities (CD-HCF) 1984-Present: California Dietetic Association (CDA) 1982-Present: American
Dietetic Association (ADA) PRESENTATION TOPICS (References Upon Request): Numerous presentations 2008-11 with similar titles (Dietitian’s state associations or Dietary Manager’s Groups, Infection Control & LTC nurses, & state healthcare groups across the nation): SAMPLING OF TITLES (see website): 2010 CMS/Pioneer Network Symposium, Paper and Webinar: “ Survey Interpretation of Regulations” Webinars for Dietary Manager’s:
Webinar for RDs (DHCC practice group) August 2009 SAMPLING OF PRESENTATION TOPICS, REPRESENTING CDPH May 2007: “Quality Assurance for RD and DSS” San Diego Mesa College Professional Development Day, College Campus May 2006: “FDA Food Code Revision and Application” (with Richard Ramirez, So. Calif FDA), San Diego Mesa Professional Development Day, College Campus May 2003: “Maximizing the RD and DSS Roles with Damage Control for Survey Deficiencies” San Diego Mesa College Professional Development Day/Sysco, Poway, CA May 2001: “Nutrition-Hydration Awareness” Inland District (CDA) Riverside, CA January 2001: “ New Skills for Dietary Supervisor and Dietitian: Getting Your Act Together” Seminar sponsored by HM Composite, Fresno, CA; Fremont, CA; Walnut, CA March 1999: “Malnutrition and Dehydration—Not in My Facility!” Seminar sponsored by HM Composite, Livermore, CA; Walnut, CA March 1998: “Applying Dining Skills to OBRA and Title 22 Regulations” Dining Skills Workshop, Consultant Dietitians in Health Care Facilities Professional Development Day, San Diego, CA November 1997: “Food Safety and Sanitation” Palomar College, San Marcos, CA November 1997: “”Dietary: Outcomes Management …Process, Form & Survey Implications” CAHF Trade Show/CDA , Palm Springs, CA April 1997: “The Supervisor, Technician & Dietitian Connection: Maximizing and Maximized?” California Dietetic Association Annual Meeting (Anaheim, CA) March 1996: “Dietetic Topics for Survey” Chaffey College PDD
June 2010 “Culture Change in Dining and Regulatory
Compliance” archived
www.dmaonline.org>publications>Dietary Manager’s
Magazine (DMA) April 2010 “Food Code 2009 and Regulatory Compliance”
DMA Winter 2010 “The RD Role in Culture Change in Dining”
Consulting Dietitians (DHCC) newsletter August 2009 “Quality Assurance in Dietary Services”
DMA May 2009 “Nutrition Under A Microscope F325”
Provider Magazine
www.providermagazine.com Fall 2008 Newsletter “Surveying for Safe Food Systems
F 371” Consulting Dietitians in Health Care Facilities Sept 2008 “Deficiency Free in Nutrition Status: Think
Like a Surveyor Using New Interpretive Guidance and Protocol
for F 325” DMA June 2008, “Safe Dining for Susceptible Customer F 371”
DMA CE Self Study TRAINING MANUALS By Linda Handy:
Feb 2011 Culture Change in Dining and Regulatory
Compliance March 2010: Food Code 2009 and Regulatory Compliance
in Healthcare June 2009:Surveyor MO on Nutritional Status F
325 April 2009: California Title 22 Review of Dietary
Services and Nutrition Care July 2008: Safe Dining for the Susceptible Customer: 7
Professional Views During Survey F 371
with Wayne Toczek In process of completion, Watch for these new manuals: Summer/Fall 2011: Regulations and Survey Preparations
for Instructors and Preceptors; Safe Dining at Home
and Away with Vicki Solomon
1994-2007 Extensive Training during employment with
California Department of Public Health (formerly called
Department of Health Services), partial list: 2007: Coalition of CMS, CDPH, Providers: Bridge to the
Future-Culture Change (Glendale, CA) 2004: CMS: Advanced Acute Care Training, Revised
Regulations ( 2004: CMS: ESRD & Renal Training ( 2003: CMS: Care Plan Deficiency Identification &
Documentation ( 2003: National Certified Investigator/Inspector Training
Specialized Advanced Program--Eastern 2003: CMS: R.A.I. Manual Update ( 2001: CDPH: Non-Accredited Hospital Training ( 2001: National Certified Investigator/Inspector Training
Basic Program—Eastern 1999-Present: Qualified to be ServSafe Instructor (for
training Certified Food Protection Managers), National
Restaurant Association 1999: Train the (State) Trainers on FDA Food
Code—Food & Drug Administration, ( 1998: CDPH: Dialysis ( 1997: CMS: ICF/MR Clinical Practicum ( 1997: CDPH: Pressure Sores and Nutritional Implications
( 1996: CMS: Basic Acute Care Training
( 1995: CMS: Basic Health Facility Surveyor Training
( 1995: CMS : Nursing Home Survey Protocol and Enforcement
Training ( 1995: CDPH: Correctional Treatment Centers ( 1995: CDPH: Academy for New Surveyors ( |