During this year’s National Healthy Weight Week (January 15-21) we encourage you to check in with your senior loved one to make sure that they are eating regularly, eating healthy food and showing no signs of malnutrition. We have included a link below to a downloadable document that will help you recognize those signs, understand the risks involved, and talk to your loved one’s medical team about possible drug interactions or fasting issues.
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Read MoreIt is hard to remember that just a few weeks ago the major concerns we had with grocery shopping for our senior loved ones related to healthy dietary choices and mobility.
Those issues are still concerns, of course, but we have new issues now in irregular store hours, worries about daily restocking of basic products and the recommendation that we keep shopping trips and social interaction in stores to a minimum. Getting a handle on healthy eating for older adults is still essential — and we’ve included a link to a downloadable document that offers dietary and nutritional guidelines from the National Institute on Aging — but it’s also important to have a plan for safely and reliably fulfilling those dietary needs before heading out the door.
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