Moving into Action

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Moving into Action Healthy Ageing Nutrition
Project Friday 1st. October 2004
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• MOW SA structure dimensions
• things weve done and things were doing
• some of the issues we face

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Meals on Wheels (SA) Inc. Structure
Meals on Wheels (SA) Inc. - structure
80 of funding through meals sales and 20
through HACC. Meal price 4.50 across SA.
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Meals on Wheels (SA) Inc. staffing
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Meals on Wheels (SA) Inc. Branch structure
All Branches and committees are run by
volunteers 750,000 volunteer hours per year
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Client or Recipient profile

• Average age 83.5 years 70 gt 80 years.
• 83 gt 75 years (45 - 76-85 yrs 38 gt 85 yrs).
• 65 - women 35 men.
• 50 on meals lt 3 months (20 lt 1 month). -
  short term.
• 50 on meals gt 4 months 25 gt one year.
  long term.
• Frail aged account for - 27 chronically ill /
  disabled 23 post hospital 20.
• 10 from CALD background lt0.5 ATSI
• 75 of clients within 3 hours drive north south
  of Adelaide and 1½ hours east west.

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Things weve done and things were doing

• meals and people and community- care
• structure governance upgrade
• insurance risk management focus
• food safety regulations impact on all
  aspects of operation development
• direct debit computers
• nutrition recipients
• on-going investment in buildings facilities
  equipment (compliance)
• CALD project discussions
• volunteer survey
• recipient survey
• demographic survey
• strategic plan

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• Client survey highlights
• Overall very high levels of satisfaction, needs
  being met and excellent value for money.
• Very positive about service of volunteers and
  volunteers held in high regard.
• Meal size is about right.
• Meal delivery time is about right (but not
  before 11.00am).
• Over 70 people do not eat the whole meal at
  lunch and split it over tea.
• 35 have special diets but half related to
  diabetes, and the remaining others eg chewing,
  swallowing, cholesterol, etc.
• Areas to improve include
• Better and more consistent quality meat in
  meals.
• Better quality soup
• Focus on CALD needs.
• Variety of menu could be improved
• Frozen meals for those who need them on week
  ends

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Nutrition activities

• Healthy eating booklet provided to recipients
  at time of assessment.
• Menu structure review a third of an elderly
  persons energy nutrition need.
• Welfare Assessment staff implementation of
  simple nutritional screening tool at time of
  assessment.
• Frozen meals on weekends for those who need
  them.
• Expanding referral sources health
  professionals others (still need based).
• Capacity and awareness building for volunteers
  at conferences seminars.

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MEALS ON WHEELS NUTRITIONAL RISK SCREENING AND
MONITORING TOOL SUMMARY
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MEALS ON WHEELS NUTRITIONAL RISK SCREENING AND
MONITORING TOOL SUMMARY
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