Health Benefits of Starting Your Senior’s Day with Oatmeal During Oatmeal Month

Being a family caregiver means helping your elderly loved one make good choices on a daily basis to support their health, well-being, and quality of life. One of the simplest ways you can do this is to help to eat a healthy diet, and that starts every day with a good breakfast.

Home Health Care in Arlington VA: Oatmeal Month

January is Oatmeal Month, which is the perfect opportunity for you to revisit what was likely a childhood staple but might have fallen out of the rotation in later years. Oatmeal is not only inexpensive and easy to prepare, but it is also delicious and easy to customize with a variety of flavors and additions that boost texture, taste, and nutrition. Oatmeal offers a wide variety of nutritional benefits, making it a fantastic way to start the morning.

Some of the health benefits of starting your senior’s day with oatmeal include:

• Fantastic source of fiber. Half a cup of oats has 8 grams of fiber, which goes so far in helping your senior to meet their daily recommended value of this important nutrient. Fiber helps to promote healthy digestion and can regulate blood cholesterol. Fiber is also linked to improving cardiovascular health. Eating foods high in fiber can produce a feeling of fullness which lasts for hours, helping to control the appetite and minimize cravings, which can be very beneficial for an elderly adult who is trying to lose weight.
• Plant-based protein. Protein is an important part of sustainable energy, cell production, wound healing, muscle strength, and more. Oats are a fantastic source of plant-based protein, containing 13 grams in half a cup.
• Vitamins and minerals. Many elderly adults do not consume enough of the vitamins and minerals their body needs to thrive. Oatmeal is an easy and accessible source of many vitamins and minerals, including zinc, manganese, magnesium, iron, vitamins A and B, and more.
• Antioxidants. Oats are very high in components known as antioxidants, which are valuable for cell health and reduction of risk of a wide variety of serious health issues, including many types of cancer.

Your aging loved one is more than just their health issues, mobility issues, cognitive changes, or other problems. As a family caregiver, it is important for you to not only acknowledge this, but to make sure they get care that addresses these issues, but honors who they are as an individual as well. Home care is a wonderful way to give your parent the chance to live their best life as they age in place. An in-home senior care service provider can give your aging loved one the level of care that is right for them to help them fulfill their needs while almost promoting a sense of fulfillment, wholeness, and autonomy throughout their later years.

Are you or a loved-one considering Home Health Care in Arlington, VA?  Please call the caring staff at Medical Professionals On Call today. Contact: 703-273-8818

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Michelle DeFilippis

I graduated with a BS degree and had been selling medical equipment to hospitals, clinics and technicians. More recently, a family member was diagnosed with dementia and we, as a family, realized we were not prepared t care for her. We were thrown into that whirlpool of hospital stays, 24/7 live-in care, skilled care, caring for mom ourselves and finally, now daily home care. This was such a stressful time that I started thinking there had to be other people, other families as overwhelmed and unprepared as we were.

Medical Professionals On Call has such a caring, professional staff who are available to step in with whatever level of care necessary for loved ones and to relieve you of that stress.

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