Individuals over 65 years
old whom many are
pensioners and some have
functional impairments.
Dietary Needs and Meal Planning
Nutritional Needs
Due to a reduction in physical
activity, enregy requirements may
decrease gradually after the age of
50 in women and 60 in men.
Protein requirements
decrease for men but
continue to increase
slightly for women.
Requirement for vitamins remain
the same but an elderly person's
diet is more likely to be deficient in
Vitamin C (if elderly have struggle
peeling fruit and vegetables), D (if
elderly are housebound so don't
expose their bodies to sunlight) and
Folate (for elderly people who dont
consume enough green leafy
vegetables).
Adequate intakes of
calcium should be
included in the diet for
good bone health to
prevent porous bones
leading to osteoporosis
Services
Wiltshire Farm Foods
Cater for elderly being the
UK’s leading frozen meals
home delivery service
Meals On wheels
deliver meals to
individuals at home
who are unable to
purchase or prepare
their own meals
Age UK
Helps the elderly have
access to the products
and services they need
at a price they can afford
Health Related Illnesses
Anaemia
The condition of
having a
lower-than-normal
number of red
blood cells-
diminishing the
capatiy of the
blood to carry
oxygen.
Can occur due to poor
absorption and blood loss as a
result of injury
Osteoporosis
a disorder in which the bones become
increasingly porous, brittle, and subject to
fracture, owing to loss of calcium
Diabetes
Elderly are
more prone to
developing
Type 2
Diabetes
In the UK one in 20
people aged over 65 and
one in five people aged
over 85 have diabetes.
General Information
As invididuals get older we
tend to become less active
therefore energy expenditure
decreases as we live a more
sedentary lifestyle