Home cooking
Meal preparation and nutrition help at home in Jackson, MS
Home cooking, the way your mother likes it. We cook what she likes, follow the diet her doctor set, sit with her while she eats, and leave the kitchen clean.
Exceptional Touch caregivers cook in your parent's own kitchen, following the diet the doctor set. We shop, put the groceries away, help with eating where it is needed, keep company at the table, and do the dishes before we leave. Non-medical care, private pay and long-term care insurance.
A meal visit
What does a meal visit include?
Her recipes, her kitchen, her plate. Your mother has cooked her own way all her life. We are not going to change that. The caregiver learns how she takes her coffee, which skillet the cornbread goes in, and that Sunday means greens. Then she cooks it, in your mother's kitchen, with your mother telling her where the salt is.
Groceries come in and get put away. The dishes are done, the counters wiped, the stove off. Grocery runs are part of our transportation and errands service.
Special diets
Can you cook for a diabetic or low-sodium diet?
Yes. We follow the diet, we do not write it. If your dad's doctor put him on a diabetic diet, that is how we cook. If the sheet from the last appointment says low sodium, the salt stays in the cabinet. If your mother has trouble swallowing and her doctor asked for soft foods, we cook soft, and we take our time at the table.
Those are instructions we follow, not advice we give. We do not design diets or offer nutrition counseling. Bring us what the doctor or dietitian wrote down and we bring it to the stove. When something changes after an appointment, tell us and the cooking changes the same day.
The doctor's diet sheet
What happens to the diet sheet you hand us?
We follow the diet, we do not write it. Here is how it works.
What you give us
- The diet sheet from the doctor or dietitian
- What your mother likes to eat
- Any change after an appointment
What we do
- Cook to it in her own kitchen: diabetic, low sodium, soft foods
- Shop for it and put the groceries away
- Sit with her while she eats
What we do not do
- Design diets
- Give nutrition advice
- Anything medical
Company at the table
Nobody wants to eat alone.
Ask any daughter whose mother has started skipping supper. It is rarely the food. It is the empty chair across from her. A plate is easier to finish when somebody is asking about the day, so the caregiver sits down too.
Where your parent needs help eating, we help: cutting food smaller, a steady hand on a cup, the patience to remind someone with dementia that the plate in front of her is hers. Our caregivers get training in dementia and Alzheimer's care, and mealtimes are where it shows. If lunch turns into an afternoon over a second pot of coffee, that is companionship, and it counts.
Non-medical care. We cook, shop, serve and keep company. We follow written diet instructions from your parent's doctor or dietitian; we do not write them. We do not provide nursing. Medication support is reminders only, not administration. If your parent needs more than we can do, we will say so and point you to the right provider.
Straight answers
What families ask about meals.
Meals are usually one part of a visit, in Jackson or out in Madison, that also covers personal care and light housekeeping.
Will you follow a diet sheet from the doctor?
Yes, as long as the instructions come from your parent's doctor or dietitian. We follow the diet exactly as it is written. We do not design diets and we do not give nutrition advice.
Do you buy the groceries?
We can. The caregiver shops with your parent or for them, puts everything away, and keeps a list of what is running low. Grocery runs are part of our transportation and errands service.
Can you cook for just a few days a week?
Yes. We build the schedule around your family, from a few hours a week to 24-hour care.
Will you help my mother eat?
Yes, where she needs it. That can mean cutting food, steadying a cup, or sitting close and giving her time. Anything medical is outside what we do. If your mother needs more than a patient pair of hands at the table, we will say so and help you find the right provider.
One call
Tell us what she likes to eat.
(769) 572-5999Our 24/7 line, (601) 589-0768, is answered day and night by the people who run the agency. We listen first, then tell you honestly whether we are the right fit.
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