Resources for Seniors

Categories

1. Senior's Guide to Nutrition
2. Foods for Specific Health Issues
3. Foods for Specific Diets
4. Meal Replacements, Supplements, and Feeding Tube Formulas
5. Food Tips for Seniors
6. Meals on Wheels
7. Nursing Homes, Assisted Living, and Other Institutions

• Examples of Vegetarian/Vegan Foods Other Facilities are Serving - Ideas for What Your Facility Can Serve
• Implementing Vegetarian/Vegan Food in Nursing Homes, Assisted Living Facilities, & Other Institutions - Information for Employees, Cooks, Seniors and Families
• >Skilled Nursing Facilities may be Required to Offer Vegan Meal Options Under Proposed Law

List of Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities that Serve Vegetarians/Vegans

Senior's Guide to Nutrition

• A Senior's Guide To Good Nutrition
• Heart Healthy Eating Tips brochure
  • Page 1
  • Page 2
• Heart Healthy Diets: The Vegetarian Way
• Vegetarian Nutrition – Protein, Iron, Calcium, Vitamin B12, Omega-3
• Scientific Update – See: High Fiber Diet Without the Worry of Discomfort & Key Factors for Mental Function in Older People
• Soy Basics
• American Heart Association Calls for Eating Fish Twice Per Week - What’s a Vegetarian To Do?
• Vegan Diets in a Nutshell
• Calcium in the Vegan Diet
• Vegan Menus for Adults 51+

Foods for Specific Health Issues

• Vegan Menu for People with Diabetes
• Menu Selection for Vegan Renal Patient
• Selecting Menus for Vegan Cancer Patient
• Scientific Update – Review of Scientific Updates on Vegan Diet Effects on Cholesterol, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Diabetes, and Heart Failure
• Feeding Tube Formula
• Liquid Hope Whole Foods Feeding Tube Formula
• Eating Tips for the homebound vegan

Foods for Specific Diets

• Texture Alterations for Vegan Diets – Pureed, Finely chopped, Ground, and Modified foods, Beverages, Desserts, Soups, and other
• VRG Nutrition Interns Develop Protein/Calorie Supplement for Vegans
• Considerations in Vegan Nutrition Support
• Designing a Vegan Menu for Hospital Patients Needing Textured Diet
• Reduced Sodium, Increased Flavor
• One-Week Low-Sodium Vegan Menu
• Feeding Tube Formula

Meal Replacements, Supplements, and Feeding Tube Formulas

• Vegan Ensure
• Essential plant-based nutrition, ready-to-use (Kate Farms)
• Feeding Tube Formula
• High Calorie Meal Replacement Drinks
• Kate Farms Introduces Plant Pased Organic Tube Feeding Formulas for Children
• Nana Flakes
• Vegan Food for People on Feeding Tubes
• Whole Foods Tube Feeding Formula

Food Tips for Seniors

• Eating Tips for the homebound vegan
• Hospital survival guide for vegans
• Quick and Easy Dishes for Seniors
• Vegan Menus for Adults 51+

Meals on Wheels

• 4-Week Vegetarian Menu Set for Meals On Wheels Site
• New York Department on Aging Tests VRG/Meals On Wheels Vegetarian Menus at 25 Sites

Nursing Homes, Assisted Living, and Other Institutions

• Vegan Foodservice Ideas for Residential Facilities When Only Two or Three Requests
• Plant Forward Plates Healthcare Toolkit Helps Hospitals Add Vegan Meals
• Vegetarian and Vegan Options in Senior Independent Living, Assisted Living, Nursing Home, and Other Senior Facilities
• Examples of Vegetarian/Vegan Foods Other Facilities are Serving
  Ideas for What Your Facility Can Serve
  • Rehabilitation Centers Willingly Accommodate Vegans/Vegetarians
  • Setting Up the Large Production Vegetarian Kitchen
  • Sample Vegetarian Menu at Hanover Hospital in Hanover, Pennsylvania
• Recipes
  • Mashed Potatoes
  • Soy Basics
• Implementing Vegetarian/Vegan Food in Nursing Homes, Assisted Living Facilities, & Other Institutions and Information for Employees, Cooks, Seniors and Families
  • Vegan Foodservice Ideas for Residential Facilities When Only Two or Three Requests
  • The vegetarian option: cost-effective and healthy
  • Quick-and-Easy, Lower Budget Vegan Items to Serve in Institutional Setting
  • Tips for Introducing Vegetarian Food into Institution
  • SNO (Simplified Nutrition Online) (dietary management software for nursing homes and long term care; they are developing vegetarian options)
  • FAQs
    • Question: I've got some favorite non-vegetarian catering recipes I'd like to make as vegetarian dishes. Any suggestions on how to "convert" them?
    • Question: My vegan customers are tired of melted margarine or tomato sauce as their only choices for gravies. What else can I do?
    • Question: I am trying to add more vegetarian items to my menu without having to purchase a lot of specialty items. Looking at my store room, I was wondering if all canned fruit and vegetables, canned juices and beverages, and herbs and spices are vegetarian. If not, how can I tell?
• Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities that Serve Vegetarians/Vegans
• Rehabilitation Centers Willingly Accommodate Vegans/Vegetarians
• Linda Valley Villa: Vegetarian Independent Living Facility in California
• A Vegan Friendly Hospital
• For additional resources, see The Vegetarian Journal's FoodService Update

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