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Tuesday, October 07, 2008
Duchess Dishes Up Support For Community Meals on Wheels Week,
HRH The Duchess of Rothesay lent support to the Community Meals service yesterday at the start of Community Meals on Wheels Week, a national event aimed at raising awareness of the meals service for the elderly.The Duchess saw the Community Meals Service in operation At Ballater, Deeside, when lunch was delivered to village resident, Alexander (Sandy) Irvine, who will be 93 this month.
The Duchess then met representatives of the National Association of Care Catering (NACC), community meals staff and Aberdeenshire Council, to discuss how the provision of a meals service is a valuable part of a range of care at home services for people who are unable to cook for themselves.
Each year, over 40 million meals are delivered to more than 20,000 of the UK's elderly population.
'As winter approaches it brings into stark focus how important a community meal is, particularly when you consider that the early signs of malnutrition often go unnoticed,' said NACC national chair, Sue Ullmann. 'It is only when a person needs to be admitted to hospital that the full extent, and indeed subsequent treatment cost, becomes known.
Aberdeenshire Council adopted a Community Meals service in April 2007.
