How to prepare food for the elderly at your home?

Living with your parents as they start to aged you will begin to notice the way they become weak the movement you see them start to walk and how they are not are aware when you talk to them your voices has to be louder for them to hear you talk to them.

Your parents don't want to admit they have a problem hearing and they won't allow to wear a hearing aid to them there is nothing wrong with them. They tend to tell you it is better this way because so often if they have a spouse who loves to nag they won't hear everything they tell them.

As you see your parents act this way you begin to worry for them but to them it is not a big deal because when you also reach their age you will also know the situation when you too reach that aged.

When it is time to eat this is something I have noticed the food has to be prepared this way they can no longer swallow their food how they use too and they tend to eat too fast not realizing they can choke on their food. The only way to prevent it to happen their food needs to be prepared ahead of time and it will be cut up for bite size pieces this way it prevents them to choke with their food.

Each meal is separate in each individual serving saucer or bowls enough portions for them to consume depending if they have a history of a medical illness. Their meal will be balance from rice, vegetables, any meat or seafood, soup and dessert or fruit this way your parents will feel like they are eating a complete meal.

Here is a sample of how our food is being prepare for the elderly:

Rice - 

In each meal their rice is measure by half cup for brown rice and one cup of white rice each parent have different portion.

Vegetable-

Fish or Meat

Fruit - Fried Saba

The advantages living in the Philippines you can hire extra help to accompany your parents as they begin to aged and to them it is an advantage as they reach a certain age in their life where they will always need an extra hand in their everyday life.