Community & Senior Services MOW

Meals-on-Wheels

Meals-on-Wheels delivers hot, nutritious meals Monday through Friday from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. to elderly, disabled, and homebound persons who qualify for the service. We also have a frozen meal program called Share-a-Meal that delivers two frozen meals Friday, if you meet the requirements.

Senior Center Meals are served at 11:15 a.m. on weekdays at the Midland Senior Center, Southeast Community Senior Center and Casa de Amigos. The meal program promotes better health for seniors through good nutrition and socialization.

Who's Eligible?

The minimum requirements to be considered for Meals-on-Wheels are that you must be 60 or older, homebound (unable to leave home without assistance), unable to prepare your own meal and you need to be alone during lunch. if you have any questions please call and talk to a case worker at 432/689-6693.

The caseworker will perform an in-home assessment to determine if you qualify. Delivery usually begins within one or two days after that.

Drivers are on the road from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Please allow for some fluctuation in the delivery time, as the number of meals and delivery locations change daily. Bad weather, a change in drivers, or emergency situation may also delay meals. Your patience and understanding are appreciated.

We do not permit drivers to leave a meal if the recipient isn't home. If you know that you will not be home to receive a meal, call the Meals-on-Wheels office at 432/689-6693 at least one day in advance to cancel your meal. Please instruct family or friends to notify Meals-on-Wheels in case of doctor visits or hospitalization. This allows us to suspend meal delivery until we hear from you.

Meals on Wheels is sustained by donations and grants. A monthly statement is mailed to the clients but the client only has to pay whatever amount they wish (they do not have to pay or they can pay the full amount).

Contact Meals-on-Wheels at the CSS at 432/689-6693 or by e-mail: mowsupervisor@cssmidland.org for more information. Memorial donations and tributes are other ways of showing support for the Meals-on-Wheels Program.

Meals on Wheels are developed by a nutritionist and represent one-third of daily nutritional requirements. Special menus such as diabetic are available. Ask the Meals on Wheels caseworker for more information.