Speaking recently with an idealistic young nutritionist, she mentioned how appalled she was by some of the food she observed being served in nursing homes. She couldn’t understand why it wasn’t all of the highest nutrition and why there was always some junk food offered too. She wanted to change that.
I told her I felt the same way about it when my mother was in a nursing home for a short time, but that I changed my mind about it when I took care of my disabled elderly parents myself....
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