Caregivers Competed to Please, Nurture Senior Palates
 | | Employees of Comfort Keepers-Fairfax at Open Kitchen with Chefs Hughes and Wilson after having competed in an Iron Chef type exercise June 11 to learn about preparing nutritious and delicious meals for the elderly seniors they serve. |
FALLS CHURCH, Va., June 17, 2011.Caregivers employed by Comfort Keepers-Fairfax competed in an Iron Chef style event on June 11, at Open Kitchen in Falls Church to learn about preparing nutritious meals for the senior citizens whom they serve.
The three-course meals prepared by the teams were judged by: Ms. Virginia Senior America 2011 First Runner Up Kathy Fanelli; Attorney Judith A. Mitnick of Needham, Mitnick and Pollack; and Dietician Diane LaHaie, RD, CSG,LDN.
According to Ms. LaHaie, who gave a short presentation at the event about nutrition, elderly seniors have nutritional needs that differ from the needs and appetite of their youth. Many of these folks are on dietary restrictions or their taste buds or appetite has changed, presenting a caregiver with challenges for meal preparation.
About Comfort Keepers
 | | Registered Dietician Diane LaHaie, Ms. Virginia Senior America 2011 First Runner Up Kathy Fanelli, and Attorney Judith A. Mitnick judged the three-course meals prepared by teams of Comfort Keepers-Fairfax caregivers at Open Kitchen. |
Comfort Keepers is a leading provider of quality in-home care to seniors and other clients who need help with the activities of daily living. Comfort Keepers provides a range choices of in-home assistance that may include: companionship, meal preparation, transportation to doctor appointments or other commitments, light housekeeping, personal care services, and/or in-home safety technology. The mission of the organization is to enrich the lives of clients and to enable them to maintain the highest possible level of independent living in their own home for as long as possible.
 | | Comfort Keepers-Fairfax Pink Team's winning meal. |
In 2009, Comfort Keepers was rated a "World Class Franchise" by the Franchise Research Institute was in the "Top 200" list by Franchise Times. With 600 franchised offices, Comfort Keepers has been named by INC. Magazine as one of the fastest growing franchise systems in the U.S.
For more information, contact Laura or Michael Pierce 703-591-7117, owners of Comfort Keepers Fairfax, which serves Falls Church, Vienna, Fairfax County and Alexandria. Or visit online at www.comfortkeepers.com/fairfax-va. |
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7115 Leesburg Pike, #107
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