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Meals on Wheels staff in Gaston County urge volunteers, say daily checks have saved lives
Summary
Meals on Wheels social workers and volunteers described delivering meals and performing daily welfare checks across Gaston County, saying volunteers have found residents who fell and called emergency services; staff urged more volunteers and site monitors to sustain timely, in-person deliveries.
Meals on Wheels social workers and volunteers described the program’s role in providing meals, social contact and daily safety checks to homebound older residents across Gaston County and urged more people to volunteer.
“Lot of the elderly in our community is neglected, so we really need people to actually check-in on the people that are forgotten about,” a Meals on Wheels social worker said, describing regular visits that include a “safety check every single day.”
Why it matters: Staff said many clients have no regular family support and…
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