happyscooter
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Post by happyscooter on Jul 14, 2013 8:19:57 GMT -5
No a volunteer can't cross the names off of the list, but in my county if you weren't home 2 times in a row, the supervisor took you off.
And if you weren't home 2 times when the county van came to pick you up to take you to the main center to eat lunch, you were taken off the route.
Waste of money and I am glad they enforced the rules.
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mrsdutt
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Post by mrsdutt on Jul 14, 2013 10:19:30 GMT -5
One woman has on her notes that if she isn't home, to try friend A, friend B, the gym, and the library.
I had to laugh at this because it is SO freaking rude. I can't believe someone having a meal delivered to them would actually put that in their notes. Old folks aren't totally responsible to think in a clear manner. Ever hear, 'Once an adult, twice a child'? Nothing can be more true.
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Sharon
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Post by Sharon on Jul 14, 2013 10:43:05 GMT -5
In this area Meals on Wheels also acts as a welfare check for the elderly. If they are unable to reach a person someone has to be contacted to make sure that the person is okay.
When my Grandma was receiving meals on wheels she didn't always hear the door bell. One time the front door was open and she hadn't answered so the man entered the home to make sure she was okay, supposedly calling out for her the whole time. When he found Grandma in the back of the house reading it scared her to death. She was going to quit getting her meals over him entering her house. It took quite a bit of talking and negotiating before Dad got them to agree to put the meal in a cooler on her front porch if she did not answer the door. The meals on wheels people were insistent that make contact with her each day to make sure she was okay. I'm not sure that it didn't take a note from either the doctor or the hospice people that Grandma was indeed being checked on regularly and to just leave the meal in the cooler.
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