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Rayna Neises, ACC, host, reflects on the topic of meals and feeding your aging loved one from last week’s interview (119) with Toni Fisk. Rayna shares some tips and tricks from her caregiving season with her father around mealtime planning and execution: 

• [4:00]  A Meal Card System can help you shop for what is needed.  It can also include everything for the meal and how to prepare it. (i.e., what condiments to add to the hot dog)
•  [6:00]  Please take advantage of the free download available. 
• [7:00]  Recording what and how much was eaten allows for changes to be made when tastes change and also to rotate meals to provide a well-balanced diet.
• [8:00]  Check out Cook For Your Life with Fred Hutch.
• [9:16]  Freezer meals can be a good option.
• [13:39]  Consider grocery delivery to help keep up on that task.
• [15:13]  Consider dignity bibs (DinnerWear Dining Scarves from Toni Fisk).  They are beautiful and help keep your loved one’s clothes from being stained, make clean-up easy, and help to keep their dignity.
• [16:31]  Use the Hand Under Hand technique by Teepa Snow to help with feeding.