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Approved in Home Care Client Manager, John Bolin and Tom Tolleson, the Executive Director of Belterra Health and Rehabilitation, met today for the grand opening of the beautiful facility located at Lake Forest and University in McKinney, across from the new Baylor Hospital. Tom is so knowledgeable and friendly and has many years specialized in the healthcare industry. Tom has accomplished great things at Belterra with a quality standard that all patients will enjoy. John was also impressed with the friendly spirit of Jillian Ramsey, who is the Community Liaison for Belterra. Belterra is open for business helping patients improve the quality of life as they recover in this state of the art Rehabilitation facility. Belterra has a beautiful campus, with a fabulous Chef, and attentive staff for this new campus of 103 private rooms with private baths.

John, Tom, and Jillian look forward to our working relationship of helping seniors and the elderly recover from illness or falls. John discussed our Fall Prevention program for the seniors who heal at Belterra and are ready to come home, but still could use a little help around the home. John knows firsthand having an in home caregiver after rehab, helps the elderly from being re-admitted into the Hospital, and improves patient outcomes. Approved in Home Care and Belterra Health and Rehabilitation look forward to growing together and spreading the word about quality care as the population in McKinney, Frisco, Allen, Prosper, and The Colony could benefit from our shared vision of excellence. We will partner together to connect patients with quality services and provide transition care for seniors as they move back home to offer a seamless plan of care.

As the owner of Approved Home Care, I have personal experience helping family members transition back home after a rehab stay and know our quality service relieves family stress. My sisters lived farther away from our parents and could not come to the rehabilitation facility when it was time for Dad to discharge and come back home. I stepped in and worked with my parents, and scheduled a daily caregiver to help with laundry, make meals, pick up prescriptions, monitor rehab exercises, and go to the grocery store.

Zack’s parents did not feel they needed care, but soon appreciated the work that was getting done with a caregiver helping daily in the house. Our specialized caregivers also assist stroke recovery patients, Parkinson’s patients, and dementia and Alzheimer’s patients. Our caregivers work to provide a quality transition from the day leaving Rehabilitation to packing up the room, and getting back into living at home after hospitalization and rehab. Our experienced and specialized caregivers help keep our clients from returning to the hospital since the caregiver can help improve home safety, assist with bathing, dressing, and grooming, and can cook nutritious meals. We offer compassionate companionship so the senior does not feel isolated from human contact.

If you or a loved one could benefit from in home care, please give us a call at (972) 658-4001, and we are happy to answer your questions. We are also experts in processing long term care insurance and setting up in home care services as a licensed agency who can initiate claims for your long term care policy. We look forward to working with the professional staff at Belterra Health and Rehabilitation in McKinney to continue helping the elderly move back home and coordinate care as they heal in the recovery process.

It can be easy to get into a routine in the kitchen, not really thinking about each thing we do. For example, we may have always peeled carrots and potatoes. But did you know they can be gently scrubbed with a veggie brush to clean them and then you can eat the skin for extra nutrients and fiber?

Raising nutrition through alternate cooking methods

If getting more nutrition from your food sounds interesting to you, keep reading. It’s a great benefit to put the nutrients into our own body rather than throwing them in the garbage or pouring them down the sink. It’s not always easy to get your elderly loved ones to eat enough food, so an increase of nutrients with the same volume of food should sound really appealing.

A home care provider can help your elder with meal preparation when you’re not there. If you have a plan of meals you’d like to be served, the caregiver can follow it. That way you can be assured of what your dear mom or dad is eating so they get all the nutrients important to good health. The caregivers are also trained in health and nutrition and know how to take good care of your loved one.

Some ways to increase nutrition include:

Team iron-rich spinach with citrus fruits to aid absorption of the iron. Same goes for broccoli and kale. Squeeze on some lemon juice or toss in some orange segments to your greens.
Crushed garlic is the way to go. It’s better than whole cloves because crushing or mincing it releases and activates the allicin, which is the compound that fights disease. The more it’s crushed or chopped, the more allicin is produced.
It’s better to grind flaxseeds than leave them whole. They are easier to digest when ground, so your body has access to all the nutrients. If you leave them whole, they can pass through your intestines undigested. Digested flaxseeds help lower blood cholesterol levels.
Potato skins contain a lot of nutrients. If possible, clean potatoes with a vegetable brush to retain all the vitamin c and potassium found just under the skin. Most of these vitamins come off with a potato peeler.
You can serve pasta with vinegar to help keep blood sugar levels in balance. Red wine vinegar can help control a blood sugar spike, according to the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. The acetic acid in the vinegar moderates the sugar levels in the blood after a meal high in starchy foods such as rice, pasta and bread.

If the above foods are on your menu anyway, it makes sense to increase the efficiency of extracting the nutrients. It’s not hard to make these little changes, especially if you post this list up on the side of the fridge for easy reference.

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Caregivers in McKinney, TX – 5 Ways to get More Nutrition from Common Foods

If you or an aging loved one are considering caregivers in McKinney, TX, contact Approved Home Care at 972-658-4001 today.

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