Buying, preparing and cooking three healthy meals a day can prove quite a hassle for the elderly. Making use of a Meal Delivery service ensures your elderly relative has freshly prepared and healthy meals, allowing them to continue to living independently.
Services can also reduce loneliness through face-to-face contact and the delivery person can serve as a regular check up on your elderly relative if you live far away.
Parsley Box
Age Space Meal Delivery Partner
Try Parsley Box today with our code (AGESPACE7) and get 7 wholesome, home-cooked style ready meals for just £19.99.
Or call them on 0131 326 0131 and quote “AGESPACE7” for a special offer
Hampshire County
If your elderly relative lives in the Hampshire County Council area, they can choose to receive Meals on Wheels through the Council’s service from Health & Independent Living Support (HILS) Hampshire. The service covers the whole of the county, 365 days a year. DBS checked Community Team Members deliver hot and ready to eat hot meal and dessert, along with a caring wellbeing check. There are no contracts, and clients can order meals as a one-off, or for as long as they would like them. Key information:
• Hot meals delivered seven days a week, 365 days a year
• Wide range of choice to suite all diets and taste
• Suitable for short- or long-term help (such as when you are coming out of hospital, recovering from an illness, or as a one-off)
• Daily wellbeing checks carried out on delivery of a hot meal and dessert
• No contract, clients can have meals delivered from one to seven days a week, and stop and restart the service whenever they wish.
There is more information about eligibility for meals on wheels here.
Southampton
Southampton City Council provide a Meals on Wheels service through the agents of City Catering, Southampton. A wide variety of nutritional meals are supplied to residents and dietary requirements are catered for. For more information on menus and costs, please visit the City Care Meals on Wheels website.
Friendly drivers will deliver hot meals directly to your elderly relative’s home, Monday to Friday. If your relative requires meals at the weekend, frozen meals can be provided to be reheated.
Southampton residents may be eligible to get this service at a reduced rate if they meet the following criteria:
- Living alone and are unable to cook for them self
- A doctor has recommended the service
- Have a short-term need, for example, have recently been in hospital
- Meal provision will assist carer(s)
A self-assessment can be carried out to find out if your relative is eligible for a subsidised rate.
- Telephone: 023 80 83 38 66
- Email: [email protected]
- Contact Form
- Visit Website
Portsmouth
Portsmouth City Council also provide a meal delivery service through partnership with Age UK. The service is for people with a relevant need, such as:
- Just discharged from hospital
- Carer on holiday
- Dementia
- Long/short term illness
- Unable to prepare own meals
- Poor mobility
Isle of Wight
Mobile Meals Catering provide a high quality, hot meal delivery service to the elderly community on the Isle of Wight. They offer a fresh, hot meal service daily and can provide frozen food to be heated at convenience, if preferred.
Meals and teas are delivered over the lunch time period and can be served up on a plate on delivery for no extra charge. You can order for your relative over the phone, or via the contact form below. The service is available to anyone who feels it is necessary, but there is a minimum order of four meals per person in any one week.
Traditional meal costs start at £6.50 whilst the tea menu choices start from £3.50. Payment is required on or before the first day of delivery through cash, cheque or bank transfer.
You can view their full menu of dishes available, here.
- Telephone: 01983 872217
- Email: [email protected]
- Visit Website
