Popularization of nursing care meals
Almost all of the meal services at the hospitals and facilities of Koyama Group, except for the Kanto region, are directly managed.
This has been the case since the time of the emergency hospital in Ginza.
In rural areas, people won’t be satisfied unless local rice and miso are used.
They are committed to local production for local consumption.
Out of the 14,000 people working in 14,000 beds, 1,300 are nurses, but 1,300 are registered dietitians, nutritionists, and chefs.
Since most are care facilities, this is a luxurious team.
The study and research in the nutrition department are also active.
Recently, to present the results of the study group on thickened food menus, Koyama Group is preparing to publish a thickened food menu book.
It will be a photo book in color.
Lately, they have also actively started using frozen ingredients.
Storing ingredients in freezers is necessary for disaster preparedness as well.
The time will come when frozen meals for elderly people living alone will be distributed to day service users.
I hope for continued research and efforts from large corporations.
Frozen ingredients are spreading mainly in large-scale facilities with freezers.
But personally, I believe that small-scale facilities in rural areas must make more use of processed and frozen ingredients.
This is to broaden the menu options.
Depending on the day and the cook, there can be both delicious and not-so-good flavors, which I believe is the essence of home-cooked meals.
Though I am like this, as I get older, I become more conservative about taste.
Thinking that the taste of ochazuke (rice with green tea) is happiness was something I couldn’t have imagined when I was younger.
From now on, I also want delicious care meals that I can eat at home by myself.
I am aware that eating my own care meals is a self-contradiction.
Recently, I’ve become conscious of the decline in my swallowing ability.
The day may soon come when I live on ice cream, yogurt, and pudding.
Blood sugar 200, warm oden (Japanese hot pot) tastes great.
Koyama G Representative, Thunderbird Representative, Vice President of Health Station, Yasunari Koyama