What Kinds of Solutions Might Help to Keep Your Senior Well-Fed?

By Andy Niska | January 18, 2018 |

As important as eating well is for your elderly family member’s health, she still may not find that motivating. It may be up to you as her caregiver to ensure that she’s eating well every single day.

Home Care in Liberty Lake WA: Solutions to Keep Your Senior Well-Fed

Sign up for a Meal Delivery Service.

There are a variety of meal delivery services available for your senior. Some are local and often run by agencies that help the elderly with a variety of issues. They usually bring your senior a warm meal at least once per day. Other types of meal services might be a better fit if your senior still enjoys cooking for herself. These subscription services allow her to select meals. They send her the ingredients and then she cooks the meals according to the recipes.

Shop and Cook for Her.

If you have the time and the desire, it might be easier for you to shop and cook for your elderly family member yourself. You can make double or triple the recipe you were already going to make and then freeze single-serving containers. This is a fantastic option if your elderly family member finds cooking and shopping to be overwhelming.

Hire Home Care Providers.

You may want to cook for your elderly family member yourself, but you lack the time or the energy to be able to do so. This is where hiring home care providers can come in handy. They can help your elderly family member with everything from shopping to cooking and then cleaning up, offering companionship for your senior all along the way.

Get Flexible about What Constitutes a Meal.

If you’ve been rigid about what a meal is for your elderly family member, you might need to allow some flexibility instead. Having breakfast foods for dinner is fairly common and your elderly family member might enjoy that more than traditional dinner foods.

Keep an Inventory of Her Fridge and Pantry.

Knowing what your elderly family member has on hand in her fridge, freezer, and pantry can help you to ensure that she has what she needs to eat well. You can keep a simple inventory of all three in a spiral notebook that you update regularly.

Eating well is a cornerstone of helping your elderly family member to stay healthy and happy. Experiment to find the right solution for you and for your senior. You might find that some solutions work better during certain phases of your caregiving journey.

If you or an aging loved one are considering home care in Liberty Lake, WA, please contact the friendly staff at Love at Home Senior Care, today. Call (509) 204-4088

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Andy Niska

Owner at Love In Home Senior Care

Andy has over 20+ years experience in the medical community and has a true compassion for seniors. With a degree in Health Care Administration, he developed a background in a variety of health care services that only comes from first hand experience. While working as a manager of a large clinic and as an account executive for medical suppliers. Andy has built valuable relationships with the medical community.

His role in Love In Home Senior Care is to educate people on what care choice is the best fit for the senior and their family while attempting to make this decision as stress-free as possible for everyone involved.

This decision making process should be smooth and stress free for everyone, including all family members and their loved ones. Having access to people with experience (like the team at Love In Home Senior Care) to assist you along the way can help this process. With an extensive background in health care, Andy has the experience needed to guide and direct your loved one to the choice that is the best fit.