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Older Adult Nutrition Services
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In todays' world, with tight budgets and reduced spending, making sure that people in our region don't go hungry is even more of a priority than in good times. This is especially true for older adults that are homebound.
The Older Adult Nutrition Program is a service of the Lumber River Area Agency on Aging that is focused on providing nutritious meals to older adults to meet health needs and help folks remain active.
Funding for this program is provided through the Older Americans Act, with contributions and grants obtained from other sources.
The Lumber River AAA has two imporant roles in Nutrition for our region. First, we administer the federal funds to each of the five counties served - Bladen, Hoke, Richmond, Robeson and Scotland. Secondly, we are the actual coordinator and meals service provider for Scotland and Robeson Counties.
To learn more about our Nutrition Programs, please click on the questions below.
Congregate nutrition services are intended to promote the health and well being of older adults through the provision of a nutritious meal five or more days a week. Nutrition education and appropriate supportive services are also provided to help enhance the older person’s ability to remain independent.
Congregate nutrition services are available to persons 60 years of age and older and their spouses. Spouses under the age of 60 are eligible for services when the person 60 and over is actively involved in the program.
A reservation system is used to reduce the number of un-served meals at each nutrition site. Each person must notify the site manager if he/she plans to return the following day for lunch when attendance is taken. If the person does not plan to return the following day, a meal is not ordered. If you plan to be away from the site for several days you are advised to notify the site manager before noon on the day before you plan to return so that a meal can be ordered for you.
If you have been qualified and want to reserve a meal, contact the service provider in your county. See a list of service providers by clicking here.
Home delivered meals are intended to help maintain and improve the health of impaired home-bound older adults by providing nutritionally balanced meals served in the home. Home delivered meals help to enable impaired older adults to remain at home as long as possible and facilitate the discharge of older adults from hospitals and care providing facilities.
Home delivered meals are delivered to the client’s home five (5) days a week, Monday through Friday around noontime.
Home delivered meals are available to older adults that are 60 years of age or older, who are physically or mentally unable to prepare food, who have no responsible person who is able or willing to prepare meals, who is home bound, and unable to participate in the congregate nutrition program because of physical or mental impairment.
The spouse of an eligible older adult can also receive meals.
No, there is no cost to qualified recipients. However, we do have a policy, as required by the program guidelines, to take voluntary contributions from those we serve to help extend the number of meals we can provide. This is called our "Consumer Contribution Policy".
The purpose of the Consumer Contribution Policy is to extend the availability of in-home and community based services administered by the Division of Agining by soliciting from all service recipients a portion of the cost of services rendered based upon their ability to pay.
Recipients have the opportunity to make a voluntary contribution for their meal. Their contribution is confidential and the amount they choose to give is their choice. Revenues collected from service recipients will be retained by the Lumber River Council of Governments and used to increase services to existing clients.