| Senior Nutrition
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Congregate Nutrition
Services
| | Kitsap ALTC contracts to provide hot, pre-plated meals of
at least 1/3 Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) nutritional value at nine
regular meal sites and two Senior Outreach Support Center sites in Kitsap
County. |
| The program:
| - serves meals to groups of seniors in a variety of settings across our county.
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| - helps increase the nutrient intake of older
individuals who might not eat adequately.
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| - assists them to remain healthy and independent in
their communities.
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| - allows participants to form new friendships and to interact in a social environment.
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| | In addition, meals are made available for daily
delivery to clients' homes in the greater Bremerton area Monday through Friday
and frozen meals in bulk quantities, county-wide, to persons assessed as
homebound and unable to provide for their own nutritional needs. Services are
available to all Kitsap County residents age 60 years and older. |
| Meals on Wheels Kitsap (360) 377-8511 or (888)
877-8511
Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe also hosts a congregate meal site Monday through
Friday. | Senior Farmers' Market
Nutrition Program (SFMNP) |
The SFMNP provides low-income seniors 60 years of
age and older with vouchers to purchase fresh, nutritious, unprepared, locally
grown fruits, vegetables, and herbs from authorized farmers' markets from July
through October. | The program provides nutrition educational materials
including:
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| - food preparation information
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| | In Kitsap County there are farmers' markets and
roadside stands participating in the program. | | Homebound seniors may receive home-delivered produce
baskets of similar content through the Home-Delivered Meals program(see below).
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For more information, please call (360) 377-8511 or toll free (888) 877-8511 | Kitsap ALTC contracts with Meals on Wheels Kitsap for Senior Nutrition Services to provide home-delivered meal services in our county. | | Home-delivered meals are provided to vulnerable older persons who are home-bound by reason of illness, incapacitating disability, or who are otherwise isolated. | | This program intends to:
- Maintain or improve health status
- Support Independence
- Prevent Institutionalization
- Allow earlier discharge from hospitals, nursing homes, or other residential care facilities
Each meal served contains at least one-third of the current Recommendations Dietary Allowance (RDA) as established by the food and Nutrition Board of the National Academy of Science National Research Council. For more information please call (360) 377- 8511 or toll free (888) 877-8511. http://www.mealsonwheelskitsap.org/
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