The principal objectives of the Long Term Care Institute are to:

• Optimize the nutrition care provided to long term care residents;
• Conduct demonstration projects and applied research to establish a scientific foundation for evidence-based dietetics practice in long term care;
• Train dietetics practitioners to conduct research to improve nutrition care delivery and advance the practice of dietetics in long term care; and
• Provide national leadership and practical resources so that best practices for nutrition care can be instituted in all long term care facilities.