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About the Program

Since 1979, Meals on Wheels South Texas has provided home-delivered meals for homebound seniors. We offer traditional home-delivered meal services in Victoria County and central DeWitt County. In 2022, we dedicated to expanding our service region and services offered with a pilot program funded by AmeriCorps Seniors.

Senior Support Services operates in eight counties: Aransas, Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Refugio, and Victoria. Our mission is to help those over the age of fifty-five live healthy lives while aging in place.

How It Works

In our expanded service region, risk of social isolation is on average 63%; 15% of seniors in recent years reported being food insecure, and 11% reported limited access to healthy foods. While the need is great, numbers of available volunteers are limited; potential beneficiaries will be assessed and prioritized based on level of need and demand for our services.

As a beneficiary, a volunteer will be assigned to visit you on a regular basis. Volunteers and beneficiaries are matched based on interests, availability, and schedules. We match neighbor to neighbor, sourcing volunteers from the communities where beneficiaries live.

Senior Support visits will provide you with:

  • Companionship and increased access to community resources. You and your volunteer can visit and go on outings to places outside your home, that you enjoy.
  • Nutrition support. Volunteers can help with grocery shopping and healthy meal prep.
  • Household help. Light cleaning and errands are also some of the help our volunteers provide.
  • Transportation to medical appointments. Get help making it to non-emergency appointments with your out-of-town specialists.
  • A new friend. Our ultimate goal is to forge valuable friendships that enrich the lives of both our beneficiaries and our volunteers.

Please note that volunteers cannot assist with personal sanitary needs (such as bathing), transferring (such as from wheelchair to bed), and other activities requiring specialized training. However, volunteers will assist you in accessing the necessary resources.

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Questionnaire
Needs and Health Assessment
Companionship: Please check any interests your volunteer can help you pursue.
Food/Nutrition Support: Please check any interests your volunteer can help you pursue.
Respite Services: Please check any interests your volunteer can help you pursue.
Services to assist and relieve family/kinship caregiver
Social Interaction Assessment
I feel isolated from others
I lack companionship
I feel no one really knows me well
I can find companionship when I want it
I avoid socializing because it is hard to understand conversations, especially when there is background noise
I am satisfied with the relationship I have with my family
I am satisfied with the relationships I have with my friends
I have as much contact as I would like with people I feel close to and who I can trust and confide in
There are enough people I feel close to and could call for help
I am content with my friendships and relationships
I miss having people around me
In the past two weeks, I have participated in social clubs, residents' groups, or committees
In the past two weeks, I have participated in religious groups
Do you have a ride or transportation needed to get where you want to go?
Do you own a smartphone, computer, laptop, or tablet?
Do you worry or stress about having enough money to meet basic needs?
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Because the program can better serve beneficiaries through improved public awareness generated by printed materials, displays, videos, photographs, television, radio and/or press, I hereby give my consent to use my name, case history and photograph for publicity purposes.
Where did you hear about us?
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For questions, please contact the program coordinator:

Ivana Resendiz

361-576-2189 x118

americorps@mowstx.org

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