um off the top of my head mayb pasta dishes?? If you canmake them in advance and give them in containers of something to ur grandfather he could just re-heat them? So like spag bol and things like that. Or if you were to make say.. a lasange would he reheat it?
ill have a look around and see what else i can come up with..
Control portion sizes. People need fewer calories as they get older, and they should eat a balanced, moderate diet to keep their weight under control.
2 Read the information that comes with all medications to find out if there are any dietary restrictions that accompany the medication.
Step3 Try to lower the sodium intake of a senior citizen, especially if he or she is at risk for high blood pressure.
Step4Make sure there is lots of fiber in the food you serve; this helps prevent constipation.
Step5 Serve low-sugar foods if the person you are feeding has diabetes or is at risk of becoming diabetic. A good diabetic cookbook will contain many helpful recipes and hints.
Step6 Serve heart-healthy foods ' low-fat, low-salt and preferably prepared from scratch. Prepare lots of healthy whole grains and vegetables, and cut down on red meat.
Step7 Make sure there is lots of calcium in the food you are cooking, or offer an easily absorbed calcium supplement; this helps prevent bone loss and osteoporosis in older people, especially women.
Step8Consult a hospital nutritionist or dietician if an older person needs to be hospitalized for any serious health problem; this will prepare you for any dietary restrictions or nutritional requirements that you may not have considered.
Step9 Serve food that is easy on dentures, if necessary. Some foods are too chewy or too sticky for denture wearers to eat comfortably.
tuna noodle casserole. this is easy to make, nutritious, and easy to chew/swallow.
1 packet pasta
2 cans tuna, drained
1 can or 2c frozen peas
1c milk
1 can cream of mushroom soup (can be any kind of "cream of " soup)
shredded cheese
breadcrumbs
cook pasta according to instructions and drain. pour into 2-3qt casserole dish. in large bowl, mix together soup,milk, peas,tuna, and cheese. add to pasta and mix well.
cover mixture w/breadcrumbs and cook at 350 for about 15-20 mins or until breadcrumbs are a golden brown.
A friend of mine used to work in a nursing home, and to up the fat content they would put full fat milk powder in a lot of things. Obviously check with a dietician first but I know its something they do to to thicken/fatten foods.
Nanna has seen a nutritionist and he suggested increasing the fat content. Like eating her cereal with pure cream rather than milk. So I don't think I have to be too careful about offering low-fat food. If anything, the opposite.
I was also thinking of things like salmon and vege (maybe peas) quiche. Eggs are packed full of nutrition, too.
Oh, and by the way, I'm not their granddaughter, they are DH's grandparents. So that makes it a little harder as they love me, but don't want to admit to me that they need help. Dh's mum died of cancer when he was 9, they do have another daughter but she lives in Sydney, and TBH, she's not responsible enough to look after her parents. She's in complete denial about their health and age. Anyway, so it's DH and I who just live around the corner from them and we really do want to help as much as possible.
DH's dad is close to them, too, so is his step-mum, but they feel it is not really their place to step in too much. They do a fair bit already. The grandparents pretty much raised DH when his mum got sick until his dad remarried. So Dh is very close to them. They also have been very lovely to me, kind of taking me on as another grandchild (my grandparents have all passed and all my family is in Germany), so I love them to bits.
They are too proud to access other methods of help like meals on wheels or household help, which makes it really hard. If you ask me, they are in no state to do things like changing the sheets or doing the laundry. Until a couple of months ago they were looking after Nanna's 95 year old sister. We pretty much forced them to put her in a home. It was killing them looking after her.
Anyway, this is kinda off topic.
Thanks for all your input.
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