WHAT DOES MEALS ON WHEELS DO?
Cowra / Grenfell Meals on Wheels is a H.A.C.C service
(Home and Community Care Service)
It provides a range of Food Services for the frail,
aged and younger people with disabilities that are at risk of premature or
inappropriate institutionalization so they remain in their own homes. Meals on
Wheels also provides a service for the Carers of the people.
What types of services are provided?
Cowra / Grenfell Meals on Wheels provide the following services:
Hot meal delivery
Frozen
meals
Community
Restaurants
Nutritional
screening
Microwave
instruction
Cooking
lessons and advice
Meal
preparation (meat and veggie preparation)
Clients eat delicious meals prepared by qualified personnel.
FOOD
SERVICES AVAILABLE
This
service involves the daily delivery of hot freshly prepared meals to eligible
clients.
It
operates in both Cowra and Genfell 7 days a week, Including Public
Holidays.
The
meals are prepared at ‘Bilyara’ Monday to Friday and Cowra Hotel Mon, Tue, Thurs
and Friday’s at Cowra and the Multi Purpose Health Service & Railway at
Grenfell.
Weekend
meals in Cowra are supplied by Cowra Hotel.
The cost
of Bilyara meals is $5.50 per meal, which includes a main meal, sweet, juice and
soup in winter and an extra treat weekly. Eg:
muffin or scones. Cowra Hotel,
Mon, Tues, Thurs and Friday’s $5.50 per meal and weekends $10.00 for meal and
sweets.
FROZEN
MEALS
Frozen
meals are available from the food services offices at Cowra and Grenfell, or can
be delivered Wednesday and Fridays in Cowra and Mondays in Grenfell or as
required. We deliver to the villages and all throughout the
shire.
They can
be used to either supplement the hot meals already received by some clients or
can provide a complete meal service in themselves, particularly for those living
in smaller towns and outer villages. They
are suitable for those people who find it difficult to stand and prepare meals
or who have trouble getting to the shops regularly.
There
are over 50 main/mini meals varieties, over 25 sweets and 8 soups from which to
choose.
FROZEN
MEAL COSTS:
Main meals: $5.20
Roasts: $5.20
Mini Meals: $4.00
Sweets: $2.00
Soups, Cakes &
Muffins: $1.30
