To provide frail older people with access to meals.
This service type refers to:
• meals prepared and delivered to the client’s home
• meals provided at a centre or other setting.
Providing meals to frail older people at home, a centre or in
another setting may deliver a range of benefits. These include
informal health monitoring of clients and supporting social
participation e.g. time spent with the older person when delivering
the meal and social interactions enjoyed by the older person at a
centre or other setting.
The term ‘Meals’ recognises and includes all varieties of service
models in operation, including the provision of main meals such as
two and three course lunches and dinners and complementary
meal options such as breakfast and snack packs.
The carers of frail older people accessing CHSP meal services
may receive a meal provided at a centre or other setting where
they are accompanying those clients where required