Bathurst Meals on Wheels (BMOW)
Meals on Wheels delivers healthy meals to clients’ homes to not only ensure their nutritional requirements are being met, but to provide regular social contact and a friendly check to see all is well. This enables people to continue to live in their own homes.
Meals on Wheels provides meals to suit a client’s personal requirements and can accommodate special dietary needs.
Item prices range from $2.50 to $8.00, with all efforts made to maintain affordability.
Eligibility
Residents of the Bathurst Local Government area who are:
- Frail Aged
- Younger people with a disability, for information regarding NDIS, download our NDIS brochure, NDIS Brochure
- And their carers.
What Services are available?
Our service aims to provide our clients with choice.
We offer chilled or frozen meals, delivered to your home from Monday to Friday. Our volunteers will happily assist you in heating your meal, should you require assistance. Our service is flexible to meet your needs.
Weekend frozen meals are available for delivery with your chilled meal Monday to Friday
You may choose from a wide variety of mini meals, main meals, pureed meals, soups, desserts and fresh fruit.
Our menu is designed to assist you to make an informed decision about your meal choice.
We provide approx. 85 menu items. Of these, 35 are gluten free tested and 45 are low salt. Each item on the menu also discloses vital information regarding the 9 most common allergens.
Multicultural meals are available on request subject to resources and availability.
Diets available are:
- Pureed
- Soft
- Cut up
- Diabetic
- Lactose Intolerant
- Vegetarian
For full information about the service, download our client handbook, Sep 18 Client Handbook
For more information about meals available, download our menu, New 2019-20 Client Menu