Few things are more important than eating healthy, especially in situations of senior home care. Sherman Oaks, CA families surely worry about their aging loved ones getting good nutrition. Caregivers for seniors need to be the sort of people who will make sure the people they aid have all assistance they need to eat healthy, especially those with chronic health conditions.
Fortunately for those seeking “elderly care near Sherman Oaks CA,” the local Home Instead franchise has caring, competent, licensed, trained, and bonded CAREGivers who know how to make sure all health and nutrition concerns are taken care of. They provide expert personal care for older adults. Sherman Oaks, CA families can rely on Home Instead to help with meals like these simple, healthy, and delicious ideas.
For breakfast, our private caregivers for seniors will help put together something like oatmeal with honey and blueberries. The oatmeal can either be cooked in a crockpot overnight with some water and butter, or milk, or it can be heated in a microwave. Adding in honey and blueberries — or any preferred berries — makes it a tasty dish, and even more healthy!
Breakfast could also include a hard boiled egg with a side of fresh fruit, or even a whole wheat waffle or pancakes. Working in some other grains like chia seed really increases the nutritional value, and is the sort of things in-home residential assisted living services near Sherman Oaks, CA experts would be able to help with.
Lunch options can include something like a quinoa salad. Private caregivers for elderly can assist with sautéing vegetables and cooking quinoa, then mixing it all together with some pine nuts or almonds to give it some crunch and additional interest.
Other lunch options include an omelet, with cheese, fresh spinach, and maybe even some diced ham mixed in. Or perhaps a whole grain wrap with slices of a pan fried chicken breast, plus some avocado and Swiss cheese and power greens rolled in. Yum!
Dinner options can include potatoes prepared in any number of ways, including mashed, fried, or roasted (with a little olive oil, salt, pepper, and garlic powder). Perhaps your elderly companion services helper can help roast Chicken with rice and a can of cream of mushroom soup in a deep roasting dish. Or dinner could include pasta, with fresh basil, cherry tomatoes, and some chunks of pan-friend or boiled chicken.
Whichever way you go, there are lots of healthy and delicious options for eating healthy, with the help of the CAREGivers of Home Instead. Call for your in-home assessment, or schedule a virtual consultation, today: 818-805-2208
