Food and Meals Preparation

A good diet is important at any age but preparing food and cooking it can be a challenge when we get older. Older people are hesitant to ask friends or relations to cook for them and can eat poorly balanced meals as a result.

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Acquire Care can provide assistance or prepare the whole meal required if necessary. Individual dietary needs will be taken into consideration when planning a meal as will different food likes and dislikes. All of our carers have training on food hygiene and preparation so that the Clients will enjoy their meals.

There are several ways that Acquire Care can help with food and meals preparation. These can include:

  • Creating shopping lists
  • Buying ingredients for customers
  • Occasional or all meal preparation
  • Cooking for older people
  • Washing dishes
  • Finding easy meals for older people to prepare

Please contact Acquire Care if you think you or your relative is not eating properly or having problems with preparing meals and needs help. We are here to solve the problem and get everyone enjoying eating healthily and well.

Our Clients benefit from a selection of support services, including domestic help, shopping and companionship. Our carers can be more than cleaners or cooks. Each carer is an excellent listener and can be a shoulder to lean on.

We Offer Food and Meals Preparation Across Oxfordshire

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Hourly Care We provide hourly care in Oxford City (including Kennington) and Bicester.

Live-In Care Below is a list of the major towns we cover but if you are in an area that is not mentioned, please contact us.

  • Bedfordshire: Bedford, Luton
  • Berkshire: Newbury, Reading, Slough, Windsor
  • Buckinghamshire: Amersham, Aylesbury, Buckingham, Chesham, High Wycombe, Marlow, Milton Keynes, Bletchley
  • Gloucestershire: Bristol, Cirencester, Cheltenham, Stroud, Moreton-in-Marsh, Chipping Campden, Bourton-on-the-Water
  • Hampshire: Aldershot, Andover, Basingstoke, Romsey, Tadley, Winchester
  • Herefordshire: Ledbury
  • Hertfordshire: Berkhamsted, Hemel Hempstead, St Albans, Watford
  • Middlesex: Enfield
  • Northamptonshire: Brackley, Northampton
  • Oxfordshire: Abingdon, Banbury, Bicester, Didcot, Eynsham, Henley, Oxford, Thame, Wallingford, Watlington
  • Somerset: Bath, Frome
  • South Gloucestershire: Chipping Sodbury
  • Surrey: Croydon, Guildford, Sutton, Woking
  • Wiltshire: Calne, Chippenham, Devizes, Salisbury, Swindon, Trowbridge, Warminster
  • Worcestershire: Evesham, Worcester, Broadway

Services

There are a range of effective, helpful and friendly care services that can be provided. These are all tailored to the Client’s needs. The services include personal care and support through to shopping, doing laundry, collecting prescriptions and even walking the dog.

Costs and Funding

The cost of any long term care, whether Hourly Care or Live-in Care, can be a concern. The cost varies according to the amount of care and support that is supplied. There is a variety of funding which may be accessible to you to help with the costs.

Training

Training our carers to the highest standard possible is an important part of Acquire Care’s ethos. By having a specialist trainer with in-house training facilities, we ensure that all our carers are fully trained and vetted as required by the Care Quality Commission.
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