If your senior loved one is refusing to eat you may be surprised to find out they’re not eating the right foods. As a senior gets older sometimes things stop working as well as they used to, especially when it comes to their bodies. They may not be able to taste as well as they used to, they can’t smell which has a huge part to do with eating, or they can’t swallow hard foods anymore. Luckily, many softer foods still taste good and hold much nutritional value that in-home care providers can help prepare for your loved one.
Here are some soft foods your senior loved one may want to try out this week.
Eggs for Seniors
One of the most important things you can do for your loved one is to ensure they are eating enough protein. The best snack or breakfast item for your loved one is eggs. You can scramble these, cook them sunnyside up, or hard boil them and they will be soft enough for most people to chew. You can add seasoning on them and they make the perfect snack for someone to eat throughout the day. They are low-calorie and filled with a lot of protein making them perfect for seniors who don’t eat often. In-home care should have no problem whipping up an egg for your senior mom or dad to eat. It’s the perfect soft food for them to enjoy.
Avocados on Toast
If your loved one likes avocados, that’s perfect! When an avocado is perfectly ripe it is smooth and not chunky at all. It’s easy to eat and can be mashed down on other easy-to-eat things. You can mash avocado on soft bread with seasoning or even better put an egg in the avocado and bake it until cooked. Another thing to try is hard-boiled eggs, scoop out the hard yolks, mix the yolks with avocado, and restuff the egg. This is a form of devilled eggs but instead of using mayo, it uses avocado as the healthy fat. All of these options are easy to eat and taste scrumptious.
Try Out Smoothies
When your loved one doesn’t eat very much it can be hard to figure out how to get them to eat more fruits and vegetables. An easy way for almost everyone to eat more fruits and veggies is by blending them up with ice and drinking them. This is perfect for summer and will be super refreshing for your loved one to sip on. If your senior loved one needs help cutting fruits and vegetables this can be a task that in-home care helps with once a week. They can pre-cut all fruit and vegetables and leave them in the fridge for your loved one to use. This helps promote independence but allows a senior to get the help they need.
Cottage Cheese and Ripe Pineapple
If your mom or dad is craving something sweet, grab cottage cheese and canned pineapple. Cut up the pineapple and let them snack on this tasty treat. It is easy to eat and swallow and will taste super good. Pineapple can be so refreshing.
If you or an aging loved one are considering In-Home Care Services in Metuchen NJ, please get in touch with the caring staff at Helping Hands Homecare today. Call (908) 418-4299
Helping Hands Homecare provides Senior Home Care Services throughout Northern and Central New Jersey, including Clark, Westfield, Cranford, Scotch Plains, Rahway, Linden, Summit, Edison, Elizabeth, Mountainside, Short Hills, Millburn, New Providence, Berkeley Heights, Kenilworth, Chatham, Madison, Metuchen, and surrounding areas.
After graduating from Seton Hall University with a BS in finance Helping Hands Homecare’s Owner / President, Robert D’Arienzo, went to work on Wall St. for six years. However, after Robert’s grandmother became ill with stomach cancer Robert and his family needed to find assistance in the home for her. After many trials and tribulations Robert could see that there was a great need for quality home care services here in NJ and loved the idea of being able to assist other families who were going through what his family went through with his beloved grandmother.
Thus, Robert had found his passion. After almost a year of preparation Robert opened Helping Hands Homecare in 2003. Robert wanted Helping Hands Homecare to focus on providing the highest quality of caregivers, exceptional customer service, and providing a service that familys could depend on in their time of need. Since then Helping Hands has assisted hundreds of individuals with the simplest of needs to more complex cases while preserving those standards set out many years ago.
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