SENIOR NUTRITION PROGRAM

Oneida County Senior Nutrition Program offers home delivered meals, congregate dining and nutrition counseling.  Both Home Delivered Meal and Congregate Meal programs provide good tasting, well balanced meals which provide 1/3 the Recommended Daily Allowances for adults as established by the American Dietetic Association.

Home Delivered Meals

This program targets frail, homebound individuals, age 60 and older and is available at a suggested donation of $2.50 per meal.  Donations are voluntary and confidential, and no one will be denied a meal for inability to contribute.  Hot noon meals are delivered Monday through Friday along with shelf stable meals for weekends and holidays.

Delivery of meals also serves as a daily monitoring system to check on each person's well being.  No meal is left unless contact is made with the participant.  In the event that a person is found not to be well, or in an emergency situation the driver reports back to his or her supervisor who then notifies the Office for Aging for follow-up and any necessary action.

Nutrition Counseling and Education

For nutrition information and advice call our Utica office at 798-5456 and one of our Registered Dieticians will contact you to answer your questions or make an appointment for a home visit.

A monthly nutrition column is written in PRIME TIME which is available free at senior centers and congregate meal sites, grocery stores, pharmacies etc. PRIME TIME is a publication of the Rome Daily Sentinel and can be viewed online by accessing the Rome Sentinel web site & clicking on the Prime Time button.

Congregate Dining Sites
We serve 14 Dining Sites located at convenient community focal points throughout Oneida County.  Reservations are required at least 24 hours ahead.  There is a suggested donation of $2.00 for participants age 60 and older. Donations are voluntary and confidential, and no one age 60 or older will be denied a meal for inability to contribute.

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Oneida County Office for Aging & Continuing Care
235 Elizabeth Street
Utica, New York  13501
(315) 798-5456
Email: ofa@ocgov.net

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