The Nutritional Services Department at the Mercer County Hospital is a very busy place. Along with making sure that all of our patients and residents have 3 nutritionally balanced meals a day, we cook meals for Mobile Meal in Aledo and Viola, the inmates at the Mercer County Jail, the New Boston Senior Center and we have a cafe with a full salad bar for employees and family members.

There are 6 full time employees and 6 part-time employees under the direction of Shelli Edlund, Food Service Director. Shelli says, "We have 6 full time employees that bring many years of cooking and prep experience to the department so there isn't much that they can't get for you if you want it. We try to make your stay here at the Mercer County Hospital seem like home."

The residents in our ECF unit are so much fun to get involved with. They like to help bake cookies at Christmas time, shuck corn and snap beans in the summer, and once a month they get to make the menu for the day. They really get excited to help with these things.

We also have a catering department that does parties, luncheons and banquets. Right now we are working hard to make a delicious meal for the upcoming Mercer Foundation for Health Benefit Dinner.

The hospital has 2 dieticians on staff to assess all patients' nutritional needs and do counseling as needed to all residents, patients and outpatients.

We are all here to help with any nutritional questions that you have from what to eat on a special diet that your doctor has suggested, to how much meat you buy to feed 100 people. Give us a call at 309-582-5301, extension 3603 and we will be glad to help you out!

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