Each Home Instead Senior Care franchise office is independently owned and operated.

Craving CompanionshipSM

Each Home Instead Senior Care franchise office is independently owned and operated.

Craving CompanionshipSM

• Lack of companionship is the biggest mealtime challenge for seniors.

– Program offers tips and practical advice to encourage companionship and easy healthy meals.

– Encourages family caregivers to revive mealtimes for isolated and lonely seniors.

Each Home Instead Senior Care franchise office is independently owned and operated.

The Recipe Contest

• Submit a favorite family recipe and the story behind it for the Craving CompanionshipSM Recipe Contest:

– Contest entry period runs from July 15 to September 15, 2011

– Selected recipes and stories will be posted online– Homemade MemoriesSM Cookbook will feature selected

recipes and stories – Cookbook will be available for purchase in time for 2011

holiday season– Cookbook proceeds will go to the non-profit Home Instead

Senior Care® Foundation Go to www.mealsandcompanionship.com

Each Home Instead Senior Care franchise office is independently owned and operated.

Home Alone

• Craving Companionship is geared to helping older adults who live alone.

• About 40 percent of the population 75+ lives alone*

*U.S. Census Bureau

Each Home Instead Senior Care franchise office is independently owned and operated.

Making Meals and Memories

Nutritious meals are important, but many seniors want to relive a time around the dinner table when they are sharing their lives with the people they love most.

Each Home Instead Senior Care franchise office is independently owned and operated.

The Research*

• An overwhelming majority of seniors (85%) say that having someone to share their meals makes those times more satisfying.

• Nearly one-half (48%) say their mealtimes are more satisfying if they have someone prepare their meals for them.

*From research conducted for the Home Instead Senior Care network.

Each Home Instead Senior Care franchise office is independently owned and operated.

The Expert Source

• Sandy Markwood, CEO of the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging

• “Who Wants to Eat Alone? Nobody”• The agency’s popular home-delivered meals

program, also known as Meals On Wheels®,illustrates the value of meals and companionship

• Isolation is indicative of bigger challenges

Sandy Markwood

Each Home Instead Senior Care franchise office is independently owned and operated.

The Nutritional Risks

Two of five U.S. seniors who live alone have at least four warning signs of poor nutritional health, according to Home Instead Senior Care® network research.* The signs and their incidence rates:– Eating alone most of the time (76%)– Taking three or more different medications a day (71%)– Eating few fruits, vegetables or milk products (46%)– Having an illness/condition that prompted a diet change

(31%)– Not being able to shop, cook or feed themselves (25%)

* The warning signs of poor nutritional health were previously identified and published by the Nutrition Screening Initiative.

Each Home Instead Senior Care franchise office is independently owned and operated.

The Challenges

1. Lack of mealtime companionship2. Cooking for one3. Eating nutritious meals4. Grocery shopping for one5. Eating three meals a day

Each Home Instead Senior Care franchise office is independently owned and operated.

The Challenges Continued . . .

6. High expense of cooking for one7. Relying too much on convenience food8. Loss of appetite9. Eating too much food10. Eating too little food

Each Home Instead Senior Care franchise office is independently owned and operated.

The Obstacles

• Family and friends don’t have

time (28%)

• Family and friends live too far

away (20%)

(Find complete executive summary of the research at www.mealsandcompanionship.com)

Each Home Instead Senior Care franchise office is independently owned and operated.

The Benefit of Companionship

• 59% of seniors say they eat more nutritiously when family and friends are around

• The connection of a family caregiver or professional CAREGiverSM can

make all the difference

Each Home Instead Senior Care franchise office is independently owned and operated.

To Learn More

If you’d like to learn more about our services or if you’re interested in employment as a Home Instead CAREGiverSM please contact one of our offices.

Sequim Port Ludlow Port Townsend

675 N. Fifth Avenue 9483 Oak Bay Road 74 Kala Square PlaceSequim, WA 98382 Port Ludlow, WA 98365 Port Townsend, WA 98368

(360) 681-2511 (360) 437-9884 (360) 385-6357     

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