On 4/24/2013 2:47 AM, Julie Bove wrote:

> I worry about the day that I might need to be in a nursing home or some such
> place. The place where my dad is at must have gotten a Costco sized package
> of mixed vegetables. They seem to get those every night. Also common are
> pasta, fish sticks, chicken nuggets, tater tots and canned soup. I realize
> that they are perhaps limited as to what they can serve elderly people but
> with food like that it is no wonder that my dad is rapidly losing weight.
> We do bring him a meal now and then but... For what is being paid, we
> shouldn't have to supply the food!

Only been to a couple of nursing homes. Aunt Chickie was in Treemont in
Houston, which was pricey, we enjoyed taking her out for lunch, but we
ate lunch there a couple of times, you ordered from a menu.

My mother was in a nursing home for one month, she did not like it and
would not go back. The food they brought her on the day that we visited,
was catfish, pinto beans, fried okra, cold slaw and hushpuppies. I
forget what she has for dessert, she was never a sweet eater when I grew
up, she preferred a martini, at the time.

Becca