Meals and food are a situation that family caregivers don’t always realize can become a big problem for their elderly family member until things start to go wrong. One option you might want to try out is signing your senior up for home delivered meals. These meals are brought right to her home, where she can eat them when she’s ready.
Safety
One of the biggest reasons to have meals delivered for your senior is safety. Because the COVID-19 pandemic continues to be dangerous for many seniors, being able to stay safely at home is invaluable. This is especially true if she has memory issues and might leave a stove on or if she’s frail and finds cooking difficult. Having delicious, home delivered meals brought to her ensures that your senior is eating healthy foods, while also not having to deal with a lot of the meal preparation and cleanup that makes cooking and eating more complicated.
Convenience
Beyond safety, having pre-made meals delivered right to your senior is extremely convenient. She’s able to enjoy her meal on her own timetable and she doesn’t have to work out how long anything needs to cook. She also doesn’t have to worry about keeping certain ingredients past their “best by” dates, because she’s not having to cook from scratch.
Nutrition
Very often seniors find themselves turning to convenience foods, like prepackaged frozen foods or fast food, when cooking becomes difficult. These foods are often packed with ingredients that are not the best choices for your senior’s health. Malnourishment is a huge issue for aging adults and can quickly lead to frailty and other serious health issues. When she’s having nutritious meals brought to her at home, you’ll know that they’re made with quality ingredients that ensure she’s getting a balanced meal.
Socialization
As if keeping your senior from becoming malnourished weren’t important enough, there’s also the social factor. A real person brings your senior’s home delivered meals to her, and there’s time for conversation and spending a few friendly minutes with her, even if it’s through a window or glass door. That can be a huge boost for your senior, especially if it’s difficult for her to get out and about as often as she used to in the past. That little bit of companionship can be essential without infringing on your senior at all.
When your elderly family member is receiving home delivered meals for seniors, that takes one more thing off your task list as her family caregiver, too. You can rest easy knowing that she’s got healthy meal options delivered right to her doorstep.
Oxnard Family Circle provides these services in different ways – mainly by delivering meals and checking on seniors at home. Right now, we are not providing in-facility adult day care, but we hope to reopen that option soon!
Considering help for a senior in Ventura County? Learn more about home delivered meals for seniors in Santa Paula, CA. Call us! 1-805-385-4180.
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