Healthy Eating Tips for Seniors on a Fixed Income

Health Eating for Seniors  |  May 11, 2023

Caregivers that Focus on Diet and Nutrition: Healthy Eating Tips for Seniors on a Fixed Income

No matter the age, a nutritious diet is essential. Seniors who may face economic and physical struggles, however, can find it difficult to procure and prepare healthy meals. In this blog, we discuss healthy eating tips for seniors on a fixed income.

This month, Comfort Keepers® is focusing on their STOP Senior Hunger initiative to assist seniors, their families, and caregivers in developing a healthy nutritional balance. With the help of Comfort Keepers’s home health care services and physicians, seniors can easily incorporate common-sense strategies for good eating habits and living well.

Seniors can eat a nutritious, delicious diet at an affordable price by following these tips:

• Make meal planning and preparation a fun experience. Plan one new meal, prepare a new recipe, or try a new food item each week. Look for new ways to prepare an old favorite.
• If you buy enough ingredients to cook more than one meal, you can freeze individual portions.
• Provide complex carbohydrates instead of simple sugars.
• Buy fresh fruits and vegetables when they’re in season (it is cheaper) and opt for frozen produce when fresh is not available.
• Purchase lower-cost, high-quality protein, such as low-fat ground meat, eggs, beans, tofu, tuna, and dairy products including milk, cottage cheese, cheese, and yogurt.
• Avoid impulse purchases and excessive calorie consumption by shopping with a list and making better food choices.
• Caregivers and seniors can clip coupons and watch grocery store ads for sales if they like store brands.
• Avoid prepared foods, sweets, and snack foods that are low in nutrients or purchased in small amounts.
• Take advantage of senior menus or discounts when eating out. Lunch is usually cheaper than dinner, and portions will probably be smaller.

The Relationship Between Diet and Fatigue

Healthy eating cultivates good overall health; it potentially helps ward off some medical conditions; and it positively affects other conditions. For instance, those with diabetes are able to maintain better health when they follow the correct diet for that disease. People with high cholesterol can help improve that condition when following nutritional guidelines that aid in decreasing cholesterol levels.

Your local Comfort Keepers may have a resource guide with contact information for local financial assistance programs that apply to seniors in home health care. Note: Seniors, their family members, and other caregivers should speak with their doctors about managing their nutrition.

Comfort Keepers® North Vancouver and West Vancouver Can Help with Healthy Eating Tips for Seniors on a Fixed Income

Worried about the health and welfare of an elderly relative? Comfort Keepers® can make a difference. Our team of expert in-home caregivers will strive to ensure your senior loved one has the best quality of life possible, bringing joy and good health to their home environment. Our Interactive Caregiving™ program ensures all needs in terms of safety, nutrition, mental well-being, and everyday activities of home care services are met.

Quality Accredited Homecare: Happier, Healthier, and at Home!

Do you need Home Care in North Vancouver & West Vancouver for you or a loved one? Comfort Keepers® help seniors in North Vancouver and West Vancouver, along with the surrounding areas, to live happy, healthy lives in the comfort of their own homes by providing quality, compassionate care, and safety technology solutions to preserve independence and contribute to a better life.

Moreover, our seasoned in-home caregivers are carefully chosen based on their quality of being empathetic. Our care centers around companionship for seniors. This is the kind of care that originates from the soul and allows us to meet our client’s individual requirements. Learn more about our unique service offering by contacting the Comfort Keepers North Vancouver and West Vancouver office.

Comfort Keepers, the premium home care service for Seniors on the North Shore, was awarded the “Accredited with Exemplary Standing” seal by Accreditation Canada. Achieving the highest available certification in Canada for Accredited Home care services demonstrates Comfort Keepers’ commitment to offering safe, high-quality home care to its senior clients in North Vancouver and West Vancouver.

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