Home Instead Senior Care promotes proper nutrition

Home Instead Senior Care encourages its clients to make nutrition a priority in their lives to keep themselves well.

Many older people struggle to cook for themselves and find that their tastes change as they age. Food that they may previously have loved can become too much of a hassle to prepare or simply not appeal to them anymore. However, senior care franchise Home Instead is all too aware of the risks that this can pose, including malnutrition and illness if elderly people aren’t encouraged to eat good food regularly.

Home Instead Ipswich conducted a survey of its clients and their families and found that proper nutrition was their top concern. In response to this, it held a workshop which saw care manager Wendy Chard and community engagement office Gill Bishop talk about the importance of good nutrition and how to spot the signs of malnutrition and illness.

General manager of Home Instead Ipswich, Joanna McCall, explained why the home care branch decided to run the workshop.

“Food is such an important part of our lives and it is sad that older people don’t often enjoy food the same as they used to. We are on a mission to support our community and help reignite the love of food back into the over-75s, and make meal times more enjoyable. The workshop was designed to help people think about their own nutrition and the choices they are making when it comes to eating the right foods.”

Home Instead was set up in 1994 and now has more than 1,200 franchisees that operate in an incredible 14 countries, making it one of the world’s largest and most recognised home care providers. As the number of elderly people across the globe continues to rise, the demand for home care services is only set to increase, making this a great industry to begin your career in.