Home Care and Senior Nutrition in Hamilton, ON

Our home care services include maintaining nutrition for seniors in Hamilton, ON, and the surrounding area

The majority of seniors are in the care of others at risk for malnutrition. It will lead to a lack of proper nutrition. However, it’s not necessarily a lack of food. On the other hand, identifying malnutrition in seniors could be challenging. Even, seniors who eat enough food could be eating the wrong foods to keep themselves healthy.

We help seniors to live healthy and independent lives. Therefore, we promote senior nutrition through the Nourish Senior Life® initiative we run at our organization.

On the other hand, nutritional needs change as the person’s age changes. Therefore, making sure those changes are taken care of makes a real difference in their quality of life. Most importantly, caregivers or family members must know the signs of hunger or malnutrition in older adults:

• Beware of any physical problems, which could be poor wound healing or bruising and dental difficulties.
• Keep a record of weight loss. For example, purchase a home scale, or transport the older adult to the doctor’s office for weight checks.
• It’s ideal to pay attention to seniors’ eating habits. Don’t rely on self-reports alone. Most of the time we manage to spend mealtimes with seniors at home. They could experience a better idea of normal eating habits that way.
• It is mandatory to know what medications an older loved one takes. Make sure that you know what are the possible side effects. 
• If there are any medical questions about nutrition or medication or anything important. Caregivers can speak with doctors about tests that can help identify chronic malnutrition or other nutrition-related problems.

Interested in helping seniors with limited resources in your community?

You can make a difference by providing healthy options that will help aging bodies get the nutrients that they need. By donating food items to your local participating Comfort Keepers senior care office. Find out more at Feed Seniors Now®.