Our caregivers assist with eating and contribute to an enjoyable mealtime experience.
For people recovering from surgery or illness or those who have a disability, feeding themselves could be challenging. Our feeding assistance service ensures that someone who is having trouble feeding themselves gets the nutrition they need. Our caregivers at Yellow Butterfly Home Care are trained to deliver care with dignity, patience, and respect. They understand how important it is to preserve normalcy and independence for their Mocksville, North Carolina clients.
Feeding assistance involves helping clients consume their meals. However, it’s much more than that. It involves personalized meal preparation for the person’s dietary needs and preferences, encouragement to engage in meals, and ensuring a safe eating environment to prevent choking or aspiration. Nutritional health is crucial for recovery, maintaining strength, and preventing malnutrition or dehydration.
We start by preparing nutritious, appealing meals that meet dietary needs. Our clients who have difficulty holding utensils or bringing food to their mouths get help from caregivers who cut food into manageable pieces, spoon-feed, and allow adequate time for the person to chew and swallow safely. Caregivers providing feeding assistance also monitor food and liquid intake to confirm that clients get enough nutrition and hydration. Whenever possible, we encourage independence by supporting the individual’s ability to eat independently.
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“It's hard to put into words how much the angels at Yellow Butterfly Home Care have touched my life; they were there to help me take care of Mom in her final months and hours of life with the biggest hearts, and I will miss them greatly. Chasity and her crew are truly in the right field with compassion and great attention to the needs of their clients. Thank you all so much, beautiful Yellow Butterfly angels!"
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We Provide Support to Help Preserve Your Loved One’s Independence
Our approach to feeding assistance is imbued with a sense of companionship and emotional support, so meal times have social interaction and engagement. The caregivers assist with eating and contribute to a positive and enjoyable mealtime experience. Through this personalized and compassionate approach, we continue to uphold our mission of enhancing lives, ensuring clients and their families know their loved ones are in caring and capable hands.
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Feeding Assistance FAQs
Getting nourishment from food is a basic life need, but for those who are recovering from a medical procedure or illness, who have a disability, or who have difficulty feeding themselves for other reasons, this basic function becomes a challenge. At Yellow Butterfly Home Care, we provide feeding assistance services to help ensure you or your loved one gets the care and nourishment they need, but we know this is often a difficult or sensitive subject and you likely have questions about this service. Below, you’ll find answers to some of the most common questions we get about our feeding assistance services.
What do your feeding assistance services entail?
We offer assistance with meal consumption, but we also provide support with dietary management and encouragement to eat or drink. We can provide support with meal preparation, setup, portioning, cutting food, feeding, and ensuring proper hydration.
How do you ensure safety during your meal assistance services?
Will you monitor or track intake?
How do we get started with feeding assistance services?
At Yellow Butterfly Home Care, we proudly offer feeding assistance services for the elderly and disabled in Mocksville, Hamptonville, Cooleemee, East Bend, Winston-Salem, Pfafftown, Lewisville, Boonville, Clemmons, Bermuda Run, and Advance, North Carolina.
Why Choose Yellow Butterfly Home Care?
See what some of our satisfied clients are saying about our feeding assistance and other services.
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Our Companion Services Have Significant Benefits
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