Food Service In Health And Social Care Essay

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The elderly have welcomed food service, although not all centres have been able to provide it given their capacities. Two types of food service are provided: having meal together and meals-on-wheels. Individuals would have meals together after health promotion and club activities. Elderly adults interact with each other while having meals build their friendship. Some centres offer traditional snacks or light meals. Seasonal vegetables and snacks with cultural characteristics might be provided as well. The volunteer teams prepare the meals-on-wheels that are provided to the elderly who are unable or unwilling to participate in activities. Some centres combine the services of meals-on-wheels and home visits. The selected meals for the meals-on-wheels …show more content…

The results (see table 2) indicated that the order of priorities of services provided by the centres was health promotion, home visits, telephone greetings, and finally meals services (Jhuang, Chao, & Lai, 2008). The provision of meals was a relatively low priority because of its heavier financial burden; about 40% of centres provided it. About 61.65 elderly people get 4.16 times concerned visits by centre per month. About 87.67 elderly people get 5.97 telephone greetings by centre per month. About 30 telephone counselling and 3.19 referral services per month for per centre in average. Financially, 80% of centre reported their annual funding to be less than NT$ 300,000; 75% of centres reported the fund provided by the government is insufficient to cover the needy. More than 90% of centres did not charge to the elderly, and 43.1 % of centres had received small donations from community residents. All centres agreed that volunteers are the most important resource for centres, 40% of centres pointed that they are lack of volunteers a lot or little. More than 95% CCCs leaders recognized of CCCP and assessed their centres with the potential of sustainable

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