What sort of cooking would the elderly in general take? One that is preferably low in potassium and sugar.?
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010 at
10:41 AM
I have been trying to cook for someone, but her appetite is low due to her age and a number of illnesses. She’s more inclined towards fried meats, but that causes detriment to her health. She’s an asian and prefers "asian food" in general, but is not above trying "western foods"
Is there a general guideline to work with?
I hear that creamy foods are generally out for aged people due to their palette right?
Filed under: Low Potassium
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If she can’t have what she wants do to her health you usually want to make sure its low in saturated fats and sodium. I work in a residential care facility where they are on similar diets. A lot of times the elderly experience a loss of taste so try to season the food more with spices.
I think if she is that elderly she should eat what she wants, I was once on a flight to Sri Lanka and sitting next to a very old Sri Lankan lady, the only thing she would eat was the bread roll so after giving her mine I arranged for her to have more from the staff. She would also only drink black tea,