Home Instead is a professional caregiving company that can assist seniors with various activities of daily living, including meal preparation, meal planning and cooking. Proper diet and nutrition have major impacts on health and wellbeing. As seniors age, they often lose the desire to cook meals or it becomes to difficult to do so they end up eating less nutritious meals. This can drastically effect your senior loved ones health. Here are some ways Home Instead can help with meal preparation and cooking, and why it's useful for seniors:
- Personalized meal plans: Home Instead can work with seniors to create personalized meal plans based on their dietary needs and preferences. This can help ensure that seniors are receiving the right nutrition they need to stay healthy. In a congregate living facility, the unique preferences and desires are not able to be accommodated but with Home Care, anything is possible!
- Grocery shopping: Home Instead caregivers can assist seniors with grocery shopping and meal planning, which can be difficult for seniors who have mobility issues or transportation challenges. If your senior loved one wants to accompany the Care Professional that is a great outing but if they are unable to, let us do the shopping for you!
- Meal preparation: Home Instead caregivers can prepare meals for seniors in their own homes, ensuring that they are receiving nutritious and tasty meals that meet their dietary needs. Often a great option is that we will make extras and store them in the fridge so your senior has ready meals that they just need to heat up. Nothing beats a home cooked meal!
- Special diets: Home Instead caregivers are trained to prepare meals for seniors with special diets, such as those with diabetes or heart disease. This is crucial to overall wellbeing!
- Help with feeding: Some seniors may require assistance with feeding, and Home Instead caregivers can provide this support to ensure that seniors are getting the nutrition they need. Our Trained Care Professionals, take the time to feed and monitor the senior based on their abilities. By only having one client to care for, our attention is focused on them!
- Reduce social isolation: Preparing and sharing meals with others can be a social activity that helps seniors feel less isolated and less lonely. Home Instead caregivers can provide companionship during mealtimes and engage in conversation with seniors. We find seniors often eat more when it is more of an event, and they are not alone. This helps them maintain the strength they need to prevent falls and other issues.
Overall, Home Instead can help seniors with meal preparation and cooking in many ways, making it a useful service for seniors who want to continue living independently in their own homes. By providing nutritious meals and companionship during mealtimes, Home Instead caregivers can help seniors maintain their physical and mental health, while also reducing social isolation. Call our team today at (403) 984-9225 to learn more.
