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By Darleen Mahoney

choose to do so because they would like
to take a more relaxing approach to the
kitchen in their retirement years and do
not want to sacrifice nutritional benefits.

What should be considered?
• Diets - multiple health reasons can
limit one’s diet options, choosing a de-
livery service that takes these seriously
in their food prep, but still can provide
Recently our website, SeniorLiving-
Guide.com, added a chat box. We tasty food would be ideal.
decided to have a very hands on ap- • Affordability - Meal delivery may be
proach to this as we wanted to have our a more affordable option than eating
own team answering and interacting out. For some seniors, there are also
with our online visitors and we also services such as Meals On Wheels,
wanted to have additional insight to www.mealsonwheelsamerica.org.
what our visitors were looking for when
visiting our website. Our online chats • Taste - This is very important in
have been very eye opening in the choosing a delivery service, does it
inquiries that our online visitors need taste good? If not, continue looking
help with even beyond the scope of at different options. There are many
housing needs. websites, such as www.momsmeals.
com and www.diana-food.com, that
Meal delivery for seniors has been a may offer healthy solutions to meal
topic that our team has recently delivery.
assisted in.
Why is this important to seniors?
Why are more seniors or their caregiv-
ers choosing delivery services for health
reasons?

Some of the reasons would be out of
necessity. They do not have the ability to
prepare healthy meals due to their own
health reasons or they are overwhelmed
with caring for their spouse. Some
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