12-19-2008 Council Work Session Packet

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October 28, 2008 Soren Mattick City Attorney City of Orono Dear Soren: SCS (Senior Community Services) is proposing to continue to serve Orono senior citizens and their families for 2009. The services to be provided include the following: Meals on Wheels Meals are delivered to the door of seniors by SCS volunteers. The votunteers are recruited, trained and then dispatched by SCS after we do a criminal background check. � The meals are nutritionally balanced and prepared by the dietary � staff at Presbyterian Homes in Spring Park. We are able to accommodate special diets due to our food supplier. The food is � packed in warming packages before leaving the facility with the � SCS volunteers. SCS is a member of Metro Meals on Wheels, a non-profit membership organization made up of the 40+ M.O.W. programs in the Metro area. They assist us with training materials, publicity, supplies and occasionally funds. Senior Outreach and Caregiver Services Our Senior Outreach licensed professional staff work one on one, making home visits, to assist etders and their families. SCS helps the elder and their families identify needs and then assist in findin� the resources to meet those needs. Senior Outreach clients are people needing assistance due to infirmities corretated with age. Many have been dischar�ed from a medical treatment facility and need some help set up for them at home. The type of services greatly varies from person to person but includes services such as: M.O.W., visiting nurse, home health aide, home maker, friendly visitor volunteer, direct assistance with "paper work" etc. In many cases SCS staff are the eyes and ears for adutt children that reside in another state. Most of the Senior Outreach care in Orono is provided b Marion Danielson L.S.W. who offices at the Gillespie enter.