The Area Agency on Aging of Somerset
County began its Food Service operations in the 1970s. It has
used several locations, such as the Pine Grill Restaurant, the old
Armory building, and now the present location at
1338 South Edgewood Avenue
,
Somerset
.
The Food Service Department started serving hot meals to the
homebound consumers of
Somerset
County
preparing approximately 130 regular diets daily. In 1999, the
Homebound Cold Breakfast Program was implemented with daily, bulk,
and weekend deliveries. The Area Agency on Aging has not only filled
a great need in the community, but surpassed all goals.
Frozen bulk meals and frozen weekend meals were added to the
array of meals provided by the Area Agency on Aging.
The Food Service Department serves congregate sites, which have
increased to 8 current sites within
Somerset
County
. June 2007 we will be
adding a choice lunch entrée called Salad Select to our menus in
Tuesday’s congregate setting.
All prepared meals must meet USRDA guidelines, except meals noted as
another category. Menus must be approved by a registered
dietitian and prepared 6 months in advance for submission to the
Pennsylvania Department of Aging. The Area Agency on Aging
Food Service Department currently packages individual meals for 6
Senior Centers and 2 satellite Senior Centers, as well as individual
residences along 9 Home Delivered meal routes and 5 weekly bulk
routes, covering a total of over 1,000 square miles.
The Agency provides a regular diet home delivered meals including:
Breakfast, Lunch and Supper plus supplements as needed by
doctor approval and dietician consult.
- Standard
- 3 4 gram sodium, high fiber
- Soft
Diet – ground meals which is Low Fat/Low Cholesterol
Weekly
home delivery must include options for 5, 6, 7, 10, 12, and 14
meals, as determined by consumer need.
The
estimated need in terms of number and type of meals for the 2006 -
2007 year include:
- 66,286
Congregate Meals packaged for bulk delivery to 6 centers
- 2,000
Individually packaged meals at 2 satellite center sites
- 104,784
Hot and Cold Regular Diet Home Delivered Meals Lunch and Supper
- 22,496
Frozen Regular Delivered Meals and weekend frozen meals
- 15,076
Regular Breakfast Home Delivered Meals and Bulk Breakfast
- 700
Regular Breakfast
Ala
Carte
- 1,000
Regular Catered Meals
- 3,166
Adult Day Care (Somerset/Meyersdale)
Approximately 215,506 estimated meals for the 2006-2007
Fiscal Year.
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