{"id":199,"date":"2021-03-02T20:52:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T20:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.assistedlivingnetwork.com\/?p=199"},"modified":"2021-04-02T20:53:07","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T20:53:07","slug":"18-feeding-residents-in-residential-assisted-living","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/assistedlivingnetwork.com\/18-feeding-residents-in-residential-assisted-living\/","title":{"rendered":"Feeding Residents in Residential Assisted Living"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Feeding Residents in Residential Assisted Living - By Gene Guarino\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DJ-WcDbx0sA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Food, It\u2019s important for all of us. In assisted living, it\u2019s actually the number two activity, if not number one inside an assisted living home. If we feed the residents properly, they\u2019ll be healthier. They\u2019ll live longer, they\u2019ll be better behaved, they\u2019ll be more comfortable, they\u2019ll be a joy to be around. However, if somebody is uncomfortable, with either the food choice, the amount of food, the quality of food\u2026that is so easy to fix.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How much does it cost to feed residents?<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The cost of food is not very much at all. The national average per day per person in assisted living is $5 to $7 a day per person. \u00a0If we\u2019re to take a 12-ounce piece of Filet Mignon, and bring it to the seniors, that would easily feed four of them. Buying that filet at the store might cost $15 a pound. So if you bought $15 a pound and you bring that into the home, that\u2019s about $4 per person for that filet. If you had filet once a week, you\u2019re head and shoulders above every other assisted living home out there.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What do the residents want to eat?<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I always ask the residents when they come in, what\u2019s your favorite? What do you love to have? What haven\u2019t you had in a while? What\u2019s your favorite cake and pie and the rest of it? If they say, I love seafood, shrimp, fish and so on. You can get jumbo shrimp the size of your finger that costs you very, very little and if they ate one, two or three of them, that\u2019s all they need. For them, the high-quality foods served on a special occasion is a real special treat.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Can you hire a chef? What are my options?<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, if you really want to go for it and be special, if you really want to have a home that people will wait in line to get into, have a chef, a dedicated person who is culinary trained. Maybe even having a menu on the table. Do cook to order breakfast. How much extra did it cost you? Not much at all. The reality is most of those seniors are going to eat the same exact meal every single day and there\u2019s probably not going to be that wide of a variety, but if there were five things they can choose from. How special would that be? Lunch could be a set lunch, or maybe two choices. You have one simple that\u2019s a staple. It\u2019s soup and sandwiches, and another one to choose from. Maybe it\u2019s chicken salad or it\u2019s some other meal that\u2019s available that you have, and that\u2019s the one meal that\u2019s made. In between breakfast and lunch, they\u2019re making a wonderful meal for dinner. With wonderful smells throughout the house, the seniors are looking forward to it all day long and then that food will be served by the caregivers when it\u2019s dinner time. You could charge a thousand dollars a month more because you have a chef. The chef is a feather in your cap, it\u2019s what will bring people in and they\u2019ll stay with you for it.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Be sure to subscribe to our iTunes podcast to listen on the go!<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/assisted-living-networks-podcast\/id1360517721?mt=2\">[CLICK HERE]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/new.assistedlivingnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/18A.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assistedlivingnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/18A.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/assistedlivingnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/18A-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/assistedlivingnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/18A-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/assistedlivingnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/18A-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/new.assistedlivingnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/18b.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assistedlivingnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/18b.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/assistedlivingnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/18b-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/assistedlivingnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/18b-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/assistedlivingnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/18b-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/new.assistedlivingnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/18C.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assistedlivingnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/18C.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/assistedlivingnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/18C-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/assistedlivingnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/18C-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/assistedlivingnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/18C-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Food, It\u2019s important for all of us. 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