Serving Favorite Restaurant Meals to Nursing Home Residents

by Ruby Kate Chitsey

My name is Ruby Kate Chitsey and I fulfill small wishes for nursing home seniors across America through my nonprofit, Three Wishes for Ruby’s Residents.

This summer we have brought 100s of take-out meals to nursing home seniors. Can you imagine living off school cafeteria food for breakfast, lunch and dinner the rest of your life? No way. You’d want your favorite restaurant meal every now and then. This is NOT easy for nursing home residents, who might be low on family and funds. This summer we asked seniors to tell us what outside meals they missed most and we delivered! Guess what the most requested type of take-out was? Mexican food! Look at these smiles. They loved take-out.

What can you do to help break the meal monotony in your community? Call your local nursing facility and ask if you can deliver some treats! It’s that easy.

Our favorites to drop off are whole fruits and veggies, packaged pastries, candy bars and sugar-free candy.

They are sure to cheer anyone up and essential staff can give them out to the seniors who need it most.

Here is a link to fulfill a wish for a nursing home senior. We have small gift cards for their favorite meals on here, too! https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3MQ1S89BENZIG?ref_=wl_share

We will be teaming up with Loukoumi in October to help kids fulfill wishes for nursing home seniors across the world! Stay tuned.