Meals on Wheels

Meals on Wheels is a community based service organised to help persons who have difficulty or are unable to prepare and cook meals for them selves.
From the Maroochydore kitchen, fresh hot meals are delivered five days a week to Maroochydore, Alexandra Headland, Mooloolaba, Mountain Creek, Buderim, Forest Glen, Sippy Downs, Bli Bli and Cotton Tree areas.

Who can receive Meals on Wheels?

Meals can be delivered during the week to help those people who are

• Frail, aged, ill, recuperating from illness or injury.
• Younger disabled people and their carers
• And those who find it difficult due to age, a medical condition or infirmity in preparing and cooking their own meals in their own homes.Visitors to the area may also receive meals.

The meals may be received by the client either on a short or long term basis depending on the need. Meals are delivered fresh Monday to Friday and frozen for those who require meals on the week ends or public holidays.

What kind of meals do we provide

 A nutritious, balanced meal is prepared and delivered personally every weekday to eligible clients. The meal will consist of:

• A hearty soup
• A main meal consisting of a serve of meat (or vegetarian equivalent), poultry or fish and four vegetables
• A dessert
• Fruit juice or piece of fruit
• During the summer months salads are included in the menu and are delivered once per week, if you require salads more often, your needs will be catered for.
• Special meals for those who suffer from such conditions as diabetes, swallowing difficulties, food intolerances and ethnic sensitivities are also catered for.

 

Other requirements can be arranged and met. All meals are contained in hygienic recyclable containers.

 

 



 

How to arrange your requirements

If you or your family or carer believe that you need to receive Meals on Wheels you should phone us on (07) 5443 3246. A Coordinator for the Meals on Wheels Service will contact the Client to discuss the Service and any special requirements.

Alternatively you may be referred to the us by General Practitioners, Community Health Workers, Hospitals, District Nursing Services, or families and neighbours. Most Queensland doctors have a special referral pad to send details to us.

Hospitals are able to make referrals before discharge to ensure immediate delivery of meals.

 



 

How to contact Maroochydore Meals on Wheels

Meals on Wheels Maroochydore is located at 97 Memorial Avenue Maroochydore Q 4558. (next door to the Maroochydore RSL)
Office hours are between 08.00am through to 3.00pm weekdays; however we have an answer service on which messages can be left.

Meals on Wheels Maroochydore
97 Memorial Avenue, Maroochydore Qld 4558         

Phone (07) 5443 3246   Fax (07) 5479 0388
Auspiced by
Suncare Community Services Inc.
ABN 36 301 121 574
Email- contact@mealsonwheelsmaroochydore.org
And our soon to be established web site address will be www.mealsonwheelsmaroochydore.org

 

 



About Meals on Wheels

The first Queensland service was established at Ipswich in 1956 by the late Mrs. Rhoda Cameron. Today, some 160 services in the State are delivering around 9000 meals each weekday, assisting people to maintain an independent lifestyle and enhancing their quality of life.

Meals on Wheels Maroochydore started operating from its present location in November 1970 and the kitchen has grown steadily to a facility that is able to process up to 250 per day.
Members of the Maroochydore Rotary Club were instrumental in starting and funding the development of Meals on Wheels Maroochydore.

The Central Sunshine Coast Committee of the Aging Inc. is the organisation auspicing Meals on Wheels Maroochydore and has recently changed the name to Suncare Community Services Inc. to embrace changes within the community.
We have six paid staff and are supported by a very willing group of volunteers.

Meals on Wheels Maroochydore currently delivers approx 200 meals each day in an area bounded by Mountain Creek in the south, Forest Glen in the west and Bli Bli in the north. If you live in another area you will be referred to the appropriate local Meals on Wheels services.

A  small fee is charged for the meal and the charge of $5.80 per meal has been maintained since 2003.

Meals on Wheels Maroochydore receives a subsidy from Home and Community Care (HACC).

 






What are your rights and your responsibilities?

 

As a Meals on Wheels client, you have rights and responsibilities.

Your responsibilities are:
  to advise the Meals on Wheels Service of your dietary      requirements.
  to pay for your meals.
  to advise if you are not going to be home when the meal is       delivered.
  to advise if you are going to be absent for any short or extended time.
  to generally comply with Meals on Wheels Duty of Care in Meal Deliveries Policy.

Your rights are:
  to express any concerns you may have about the service without fear of losing the service
  to have your complaints dealt with fairly and promptly
  to be represented by an advocate of your choice
  to be assessed to receive meals without discrimination
  to have your dietary requirements met
  to privacy and confidentiality with an assurance that no information about you will be provided to anyone else outside the Service without your permission.
  to view any information about yourself held by the service. 

 

Fundraising and Catering

 

Meals on Wheels Maroochydore fundraises and provides the service of catering as a secondary activity. This enables our business to part way subsidise the main program and to renew and repair some of our equipment.
We are able to offer a wide range of foods and delivery can be arranged if required.
Some of the choices we offer are

• Sandwiches
• Fruit platters
• Sweet slices
• Cakes/ Scones
• Savories

All of which are offered at extremely competitive prices and are well presented. If you have any inquiry or require an obligation free quote please call the kitchen at the above contacts.