Meals on Wheels Program
By providing nutritious meals, Age Well’s Meals on Wheels Program helps support recipients to live active lives in their communities for as long as possible. Participants are encouraged to attend Congregate Meals and “get out” with or without assistance, as often as their circumstances permit. It is in the interests of both the recipient and the program to encourage and support participation in community life.
A person over 60 years of age is eligible for a home-delivered meal if they:
- Any person who is age 60 or over and is unable to obtain or prepare meals on a temporary or permanent basis due to a physical, mental, or cognitive condition that requires assistance to leave home.
Also eligible:
- The spouse, regardless of age, of eligible individuals receiving home-delivered meals (HDM).
- Individuals under 60 years of age with a disability, who reside with an eligible individual receiving HDM.
If you are under age 60 and believe you might be eligible for home-delivered meals due to a disability, please contact VCIL (Vermont Center for Independent Living) to determine if they will approve the subsidy for your meals. If you do not fit the eligibility guidelines above and desire the meals, call us to discuss the cost per meal.
Community Meal Program
By providing nourishing meals in a social setting, Age Well’s Community Meal Program has a positive impact on the nutritional status of participants while creating varied social and volunteer opportunities appropriate to the talents and resources of participants and their community. This program is funded by the Older Americans Act and must adhere to the following eligibility guidelines.
- A person is eligible for Age Well’s Community Meal Program if they are:
- 60 years of age or older, or the spouse of a participating senior regardless of age.
- A person under 60 with a disability and living in a housing facility where Age Well offers Community Meals.
- A person under 60 with a disability who resides with or is in the care of a senior attending the meal.
- A non-senior volunteer performing essential duties for the operation of the meal program. Volunteers should be encouraged to make a private anonymous donation toward the cost of the meal.
All of the above eligible participants must be given an opportunity to make a private anonymous donation toward the cost of the meal.
All others (staff and guests) must pay the full cost and be charged for their meal, or in the case of staff, the full cost may be paid by the meal service provider as part of the employee’s benefits. Neither staff nor guests may participate if it deprives an older adult participant of the meal. The typical guest charge is $1.00 more than the older adult’s suggested donation.