Services

 

Services are provided to all qualified residents of Crawford County who are 60 years or older. There are no income or asset restrictions and services are provided on a monetary donation basis only.

 Nutrition

Congregate meals are a hot meal, catered by Council on Aging staff, in a congenial atmosphere with opportunities to meet new friends and to socialize with old friends. Meals are served Monday through Friday at 11:30 AM at the Senior Center, 200 South Spring Street, in Bucyrus, and at the Golden Age Center, 301 South Market Street, in Galion. Reservations can be made by calling the Council on Aging and must be made no later than the day before.

Consumers living within ½ mile of the city limits of Galion, Crestline or Bucyrus will receive a hot well-balanced meal delivered to their home between 11:00AM and 1:00PM by a volunteer or Agency employee. Eligible consumers living outside of these boundaries will receive frozen meals delivered to their home on Monday.  Meals on Wheels can be requested by the consumer, a family member, friend, doctor, hospital etc. and eligibility, including home bound status, can usually be determined at the time the request is made.

 

In-Home Services

Assistance with homemaking and personal care provided in-home. Caregivers perform light housekeeping which can include laundry, changing bed linens, grocery shopping, dusting, vacuuming, cleaning bathroom, etc. Personal care assistants are trained to help with bathing, grooming, dressing and other activities necessary to maintain good personal hygiene.

In-home services are available on an as needed basis; homemaking can be provided up to 2 hours per week and personal care up to 1 hour twice weekly.

Contract services

Council on Aging also contracts with District 5 Area Agency on Aging to provide Alzheimer’s Respite Care and Passport services including meals, transportation, chore, personal care and homemaker. This gives Crawford County consumers the option to choose local people, familiar with the community, to provide their care.