At Visiting Angels McKinney, our in-home elder care services have included helping seniors in McKinney, Allen, Frisco, Prosper and surrounding areas in Collin County, TX with meal preparation and planning since 2008. Our caregivers can help your loved one cook delicious and nutritious meals and snacks so they can eat properly and keep up their strength.

Call 214-491-1999 to learn how our meal preparation services can help.

Why Meal Preparation Assistance is So Important for Seniors in McKinney and Surrounding Areas

Many seniors in McKinney and throughout Collin County, even those who are overweight, are often malnourished. This is caused by either eating too little or not getting the nutrients they need from their diet. Malnourishment can worsen or even cause many chronic conditions faced by seniors, which is one of many reasons why proper nutrition is so important for elderly adults.

However, eating healthy meals isn't always easy for seniors. Most seniors are simply not as strong as they used to be. As we get older, we begin losing our strength over time, making it more difficult to prepare quality, healthy meals for ourselves.

As your loved one ages, they may begin opting for meals that are highly processed and unhealthy for one reason only: they are easy and readily available everywhere. All you have to do is take out a TV dinner from the freezer, pop it into the microwave and you have a meal in a couple of minutes.

However, habits of this sort can be extremely harmful for seniors who are dealing with age-related issues or health problems. Easy to prepare meals like TV dinners are full of salt, sodium and many unnatural preservatives that can negatively impact your loved one's health if they eat them too often. Meals like these also don't contain enough vitamins and minerals your loved one needs to keep up their strength.

The good news is that with meal preparation and planning assistance from Visiting Angels McKinney, your loved one's caregiver can help them get quality ingredients and prepare healthy meals they will enjoy.

What’s Included in Meal Preparation from Visiting Angels McKinney?

Here at Visiting Angels McKinney, we have made it our mission to help older adults in Collin County live quality lives in their golden years. This means offering a wide range of personal care and companion care services. Meal preparation is part of our home care services and it has benefited thousands of seniors across Collin County, including McKinney, Allen, Prosper and Frisco. It has also given their family members peace of mind knowing they are being looked after and staying healthy. Our quality in-home senior care services can do this for your loved one, as well.

Our caregivers can take care of all aspects of quality meal preparation and planning, including:

• Going to the grocery store and farmers market to get ingredients
• Preparing meals and snacks that your loved one can access quickly when they are hungry
• Helping your loved one follow doctor's orders pertaining to their eating habits
• Setting the table before meals
• Providing feeding assistance for seniors with Parkinson's and similar conditions that affect fine motor skills
• Fluid intake reminders
• Washing dishes and putting them away after meals

What sets us apart from other home care agencies in the McKinney is that we customize care plans for each and every client. That means we'll take your loved one's needs, schedule, routine and other factors into account so they can get the care they need when they need it most. Our caregivers can help with making breakfast, prepare quick snacks before your loved one needs to leave the house to run errands so they can something to eat on the go, help them get to the kitchen at night to get a glass of water and more.

With meal planning and preparation from Visiting Angels McKinney, your loved one can start on the right path to a better quality of life.

To learn more about meal preparation and our other in-home senior care services, contact our McKinney, TX office today!