06/24/2016
11:00 am
Location
Spectrum Generations Coastal Community Center
521 Main St
Damariscotta
Event Type
Outdated is the thinking that only women provide mom and dad with help in their elder years. Recent trends show that men are taking a more active role. Hannah Duncan Tays, author of “Back Burner Cooking: Food for Elders and other with Difficulty Eating”, a cookbook for caregivers is offering a workshop geared at helping our “brothers in caregiving” with tips on good kitchen and meal management on June 24, 11:00 a.m. at Spectrum Generations Coastal Community Center in Damariscotta.
Conquering the kitchen can reduce stress and help male (and women too) caregivers become more comfortable in the kitchen, no matter
Hannah, who trained at Le Cordon Bleu in London and worked as a sous-chef, found herself in this position. Understanding, in retrospect, that the closer one is to the patient the harder caregiving can be, she has come up with a cookbook that offers a variety of soft foods, simple family dishes and old time favorites plus a few more intricate approaches for the lightest and easiest to eat preparations for the arsenal of classic French haute cuisine.
“Care for the elderly matters not just to us as individuals. Scientists study care and food sharing with the elderly as well as a marker of human development. We my then wish to examine the food we provide them now as a gauge of the humanity of our present society and culture” Hannah Duncan Tays.
