Meal Planning & Preparation ? In Home Senior Care Services ?
Extended Family, Inc. ? Metro Denver, Colorado
Planning and preparing nutritious well-balanced meals is one of the many in-home senior care services provided by Extended Family, Inc. of metro Denver, Colorado. By eating regular healthy meals seniors maintain strength and hydration, promote recovery, and assure proper absorption of medications affecting their overall health and well-being. Our caregivers take pride in preparing delicious, healthy meals for elder clients. The meal planning process is based on personal preferences of your elderly parent and may be driven by specific diets.
Details on meal planning & preparation services for elder clients:
- Assist with menu planning ? Our caregiver can assist your senior parent in the preparation of a well-balanced grocery list to ensure proper diet. In addition, we can also help your family member clip coupons, find the best deals, monitor current food supplies in the home, and dispose of old or spoiled food.
- We?ll even do all the shopping ? We encourage participation if your senior parent is able to go to the grocery store with us. Fresh air and activity are always encouraged whenever possible.
- Assist with and motivate meal preparation ? Sometimes your family member just needs someone to initiate or oversee the process and other times, the entire meal needs to be prepared. We are there to be as involved as needed.
- Caregivers prepare nutritious meals based on personal preferences of your senior parent, provide companionship during mealtime, and cleanup at the completion of the meal.
- We follow physician and/or?dietician?requirements for providing balanced and appealing meals for elders with high blood pressure and heart problems, diabetes, liver and kidney problems as well as other conditions.
- Our caregivers are instructed to use fresh ingredients that tap the basic food groups.
- Caregivers are trained in strategies to overcome the negative impact of medications on the taste of food.
- We balance the correct amounts of liquid and solid food with each meal.
- Caregivers encourage fluids at appropriate times throughout the day to help keep senior clients properly hydrated.
Studies show that over half of all seniors living at home are undernourished or malnourished. This is caused by an unbalanced diet, the body?s unwillingness to absorb food, or depression. ?As our trained caregivers assist with meal planning & preparation, they will also monitor the food and fluid intake of your senior parent to help promote healthy nutrition.
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