Plant Pumpkins . Georgia Extension Service Personal care homes can be a blessing for elderly people and others who can't quite take care of themselves. But they can be a challenge for the people who prepare the meals. Most personal care homes in Georgia are small, with 15 or fewer people. It's like cooking for a big family of people with widely varied dietary needs.
Food is a source of personal pleasure, too.
And meals and snacks offer times for socialization. Andress is an Extension Service food, nutrition and health scientist with the University of Georgia College of Family and Consumer Sciences . It focuses both on good nutrition and on food safety. The manual came out of a project of UGA Extension agents in Cobb, DeKalb and Fulton counties. The agents had all trained metro Atlanta personal care home providers for many years.