Senior Care Tips: Meal planning is something that most people don’t do.

A lot of people just decide what they are going to eat a few hours before each meal. The problem with this is that they may not have healthy ingredients on hand to make nutritious meals. If you or your home care providers are caring for your elderly loved one, you should encourage them to do meal planning. If needed, you or a home care provider can help them with it. If doing so, there are some recommended meals to prepare for your elderly loved one, follow the senior care tips below.

Stews and Soups

Stews and soups are an excellent option when choosing nutritious meals. There are thousands of stew and soup recipes you or home care providers can find for your elderly loved one. Most stews and soups can even be frozen for later. This means that you can make many of these for the month. Then, they can be taken out of the freezer in the morning and your elderly loved one can have them for dinner. Some of the best stews and soups include hearty vegetable stew, whole-wheat chicken noodle soup, and lean chicken bean soup.

Pre-Portioned Snacks

Does your elderly loved one usually snack too much? Many elderly people will just grab a bag of chips or cookies out of the cupboard and eat out of the bag. The problem with this is that most of the time, the person will eat more than a serving or two of the snack. This is unhealthy. To fix this issue, first, you or your home care providers can buy healthier snacks for your elderly loved one. This might include protein bars, pita chips, and other healthy snacks. Then, you can portion out these snacks into small Ziploc bags. This way, your elderly loved one can just grab one of these portion-size bags out when they want a snack.

Burritos

Does your elderly loved one have trouble using utensils? If so, you can make them some meals that can be eaten by hand. Burritos are a popular option. Use black beans, lettuce, tomato, and corn tortillas. Then, you can freeze them for later. This way, your elderly loved one will have some nutritious burritos saved for another day.

Senior Care Tips: Conclusion

These senior care tips are some of the most recommended meals to prepare for your elderly loved one. You or home care providers can find many other healthy recipes to add to your elderly loved one’s meal plans, as well.

If you or an aging loved-one are considering hiring Elder Care in Oakland, CA, contact the friendly staff at Home Care Professionals today.
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Sources

https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/healthy-eating

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Andy Howardis a Bay Area Native who holds a BA in Political Science (University of Colorado at Boulder, ’97). After college Andy worked in the surging tech industry.His Grandmother however, would suffer a significant decline in health and ultimately needed in-home care. The experience of a loved one depending on outside help to age in place proved to be pivotal for Andy as he left the tech industry in 2002 for an opportunity in the home care world with a large provider. After having success in home care, but being frustrated by corporate constraints Andy founded HomeCare Professionals in 2005.He methodically built the company one client at a time by focusing on hiring quality caregivers to ensure positive outcomes. Currently Andy serves as the CEO of HomeCare Professionals and is also highly active in the non-profit organization California Association of Health Services at Home (CAHSAH) which advocates for a higher standard of in-home care for those who wish to remain living at home in California.

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