Question

Case study: 75 year old male recently widowed on limited budget. Patients wife has been sole provider of meals for both cooking and shopping. He does not have cooking skills. He is on a low salt, low fat diet for cardiac history. He has recently lost weight due to depression; not knowing how to cook for self and what foods to buy due to low income. Discuss ways and interventions for this patient to help prevent further weight loss; improve his nutritional status while living independently in the community

Question: Discuss ways you would counsel an elderly male widower with minimal cooking skills and low finances with recent weight loss to help prevent further weight loss and enhance his nutrition and diet.

Answer 1

Fruits with low budget,cardiac fruits like papaya,melons,guava,banana,lime and oranges he can take 1 cup daily...
Tomato is a cheap and good source for cardiac patient..it contain nutrients and vitamin c and alpha-and beta-carotene..He can add tomato in his siple receipes..Like bread sandwich,salads,and he can make toamto soup..
1cup of cooked rice he can eat daily it gives around 190calories,43grams of carbs and very little fat..
Egg: he can consume 1 boiled egg for lunch or breakfast..Eggs contain good variety of proteins and good source of health fats and omega-3fats..consuming eggs does not increase patient cardiac symptoms..
seeds like pumpkin and flaxseeds having calories and fats ,minerals and calories..He can use this seeds in salads..He can go with rice bran oil..it good for heart..
Dark beans high in fiber and vitamin B and it is a good source for heart and weight gain..
Vegetables like carrots,beatroot,radish,red pepper having good fiber and vitamin prevent for heart problems..spinach sandwiches and salads,spinach is a good source of iron,calcium and magnesium it will lower the blood pressure and also it will lesson the stress and depression..
Chicken can reduce the stress and good for heart and weight gain..It is a cheapand good surce for muscle build..he can go with simple grilled chicken and chicken and vegetable soup..
Oily fish like tuna he can eat 3.5ounce per week, which is high in oily varities rich in omega-3 fatty acids..tuna bean salad,smoked makerel pilau rice,steamed Tuna,grilled Tuna with Potato salad he can prepare as a simple receipe..
Avocado has a good calorie and fat good for heart..provide good cholestrol..
Handful of peanut can increase the weight and it can reduce the risk for heart disease and having good source of antioxidants ,vitamin B and mono unsaturated fats..
Potato is a starchy foods and cost effective way to increase calories..
chocolate banana nut shake he can take by combine 1 banana,1 scoop dark chocolate,1teaspoon of peanut or badam by adding 2cups of milk..he can prepare this as a simple way it canalso increase the weight and good for cardiac persons..
Super green shake: Take 1 cup of spinach,1 banana,1cup of pine apple with 2 cup of milk he can make this..It can lower the blood pressure and energy giving drink..