That old people deserve nice food.

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This photo was took by a relative of someone in a care home for the elderly of a meal given today.. Aibu to say old people much better than that.

That's shocking. No veg or anything and it looks like it was chucked at the plate.

Post all over social media with the care homes name on it.
That should rattle them.

YANBU but many younger people are in care home settings with hideous food too. I won’t even mention the quality of hospital food.

Heartbreaking I worked in care homes for a few years and ended up leaving because I couldn't cope with the treatment by other staff members and nothing ever being done about it. The food was never this bad though. Not enough is done to keep them safe and well fed

hormonal it’s getting plastered all over facebook with the name of the care home on it. Loads have shared it. It’s appalling isn’t it, especially when you consider how much the care home receives for each resident.

With garden peas and grilled tomatoes? Yum !

Misses, me too.
I worked in a care home for 18 months and eventually walked out at the beginning of a shift as I couldn't stand watching these poor people be herded about and fed like cattle with no compassion or warmth :(

Single I'm not sure you've entirely grasped the point

Horrible. Chips look hard and dry - very difficult for elderly people to eat. As others have said, no vegetables. Nutritionally very poor.

Email it to the cqc (inspect homes and food is a big thing) and local social services complaints and ceo (who are likely to be paying for many residents)

Where's the dignity in that? Awful.

That doesn't look very inspiring.

Portion size seems fine (it always surprises me how reduced old people's appetites are) but the actual content looks a bit grim...

I work as a carer, not in a care home but I go to people's houses
I'm so particular about food, one woman loves it when I make her kitchen roll into a shape so I do a little fan, or I'll fold it around cutlery and cut toast into teeny appetising triangles
I can get most people to eat by offering small portions or leaving a chocolate bar and few refuse a hot pudding with custard!
Taste is important and the taste buds dull (I think) and often people want v sweet things
Nutrition is such a huge thing too, especially if you're dealing with people with dementia or who are underweight already

That's made me very sad. Absolutely shocking that this is being served up to helpless old folk. Fully support the naming and shaming in this instance.

I won’t even mention the quality of hospital food.

Just spent 3 weeks in children’s hospital with my daughter. The food was so bad she lost weight.

Weirdly I liked the hospital food at the one near me - I had cheese and onion pie, mash, gravy, veg and treacle sponge and custard. That was a standard meal and cups of tea came in pairs with cake or biscuits

Baby shark it's sickening isn't it. For all the good Carers who worked their bloody asses off there were just as many sub standard/can't-be-arsed type staff. Didnt help that they were earning a pittance although quite how you can blame a complete lack of compassion on your shitty wages is beyond me. I walked in one day and a lady had been left for hours upon hours in a horrendous condition which I won't share with everyone. When I questioned why everyone just shrugged. I cleaned her up, got her comfy and walked out of that place for good. I was luckier than that poor lady and the others stuck there. They just deserve so much better.

Ollivander you sound like a lovely person and an excellent carer.

Oh I forgot the children's ward story though. I spent a fair few weeks in one at a different hospital when I was a child
Breakfast - weetabix and a plastic cup of milk
My mum "where's the drink?"
"Well you can put the milk on the weetabix or drink it and have the weetabix dry"
My mum she ended up going buying me food

Tbh that's about the only level of food which my grandmother would eat, so that looks about right to me. She has severe dementia and difficulty eating. She won't eat veg, and can't have anything sloppy like porridge or soup or baked beans as it won't stay in her mouth. Can't have anything too small like peas as the same will happen. Can't even chew things like crusty bread as it's too hard. Fruit is difficult, and mostly limited to apple or banana slices.

Her appetite is also so small now we're just grateful she eats anything.

That would be a perfect meal for her. So I'll withhold judgement on this one. If you're compos mentis and are able to chew properly then yes it's a bit shit, but if you're dealing with residents with various problems then you have to work within their capabilities and tastes.

Misses - I have NO patience and after years in customer service I am not a people person I prefer cats/dogs
But there's always something you can do like putting perfume on for someone, or lotion on their legs, or remembering they prefer strong tea, or they like being washed with hot water not warm - that will make them feel more human/individual

Even something like when I put perfume on for work - I choose it depending who I am going to. One younger male loves a very expensive one so I wear that. A woman I go to who is blind, I ALWAYS wear the same perfume so she knows it's me

Trying to work out where a brutal loss of personal dignity arises in being offered The Noble Chip.

OP, YANBU on the whole though - the care home would have charged the old person about 35 quid for those 14 chips. Now that is a disgrace.

It's so easy to be outraged and pass judgement on a plate of food.
However, the person could have made the choice to not have any vegetables. There might have been more food on the plate before the picture was taken.
As for the portion itself, it's possibly a normal portion.

There would be a fucking riot if they served that in prison!!

I'm with Lockhart - I'd need to know the full story, not express shock and horror at one photo.
I know many, many people who wouldn't want veg with ham and chips.