The principal problem or at least more common that it determines the feeding of the elder it is the masticating both for lack of teething and for the dryness of the mouth for lack of saliva. For it the primary thing in the feeding of the elder is to realize a diet of easy masticating and swallowing. Always bearing in mind that they must not replace basic food like the meat, the fish, the vegetables, etc...) for other food that do not contain proteins and vitamins adapted to support a correct feeding. That's why the most correct term could be a feeding crushed more than soft feeding.

The grinding is the most normal method of preparing the necessary food to balance the diet. The meat can be crushed straight or it is possible to substitute for minced meat, hamburgers, meatballs, etc... The vegetables one can crush or to give them in the shape of liquid juices of tomato, carrot, etc... Certain fruits can happen in compote or also in the shape of juices.

The way of cooking of the food debit of being to the stove, grilled or boiled, avoiding the fryings for the excess of fat that produces plenitude and tedium.

One usually uses the olive oil for cooked food and that of seeds for the salads.

Sometimes it is necessary to resort to the food miscellany in only one purée so that there could be adapted the diet balanced to the capacity of swallowing.