COA receives Coveted Accreditation for Meals On Wheels Excellence

The Coun­cil for Older Adults has been awarded the high­est accred­i­ta­tion avail­able for its Meals On Wheels senior nutri­tion pro­gram. Con­sid­ered the exem­plary gold stan­dard for excel­lence, the Meals On Wheels Asso­ci­a­tion of Amer­ica (MOWAA) Mag­net Accred­i­ta­tion is sim­i­lar to the Bet­ter Busi­ness Bureau’s seal of approval, and is a clear indi­ca­tion that a local senior nutri­tion pro­gram oper­ates accord­ing to the high­est stan­dards for pro­gram safety, qual­ity and efficiency.

The Coun­cil for Older Adults Meals On Wheels pro­gram is one of only 20 nation­ally to have been cho­sen to receive this pres­ti­gious award and the first in Ohio. MOWAA Mag­net Accred­i­ta­tion uses cri­te­ria designed to mea­sure the program’s per­for­mance accord­ing to a set of uni­ver­sal per­for­mance stan­dards. The rig­or­ous accred­i­ta­tion process exam­ines the program’s per­for­mance in sev­eral key areas, includ­ing resource devel­op­ment, oper­a­tions man­age­ment, meal and nutri­tion ser­vices, fis­cal man­age­ment, gov­er­nance, and oth­ers. To receive Exem­plary Accred­i­ta­tion means that the pro­gram has gone above and beyond the expec­ta­tions of the MOWAA Accred­i­ta­tion Program.

“We are proud to be among the few Meals On Wheels pro­grams, out of over 5,000 nation­wide, reach­ing this level of excel­lence,” said Toni Dodge, Coun­cil for Older Adults Nutri­tion Pro­gram Man­ager. “By join­ing such a pres­ti­gious group of Senior Nutri­tion Pro­grams across Amer­ica, this cer­ti­fi­ca­tion is recog­ni­tion of our ded­i­ca­tion to pro­vid­ing qual­ity nutri­tion ser­vices to older adults at the high­est lev­els of orga­ni­za­tional account­abil­ity. We are hon­ored to be given this high level seal of approval for our­selves and the com­mu­nity we serve.”

The Meals On Wheels pro­gram at the Coun­cil for Older Adults con­tin­ues to grow each year as the aging pop­u­la­tion in Delaware County increases at a rapid rate. In 2011, nearly 184,000 meals were served through home deliv­ery and at four din­ing cen­ters through­out the county.

The Coun­cil for Older Adults is a local non­profit orga­ni­za­tion respon­si­ble for plan­ning, devel­op­ing, coor­di­nat­ing and pro­vid­ing ser­vices for older adults and their fam­i­lies in Delaware County. Among the Council’s ser­vices are the county-wide Meals On Wheels pro­gram and Senior Choices, a pro­gram that pro­vides com­pre­hen­sive care man­age­ment and in-home ser­vices. Ser­vices pro­vided by the Coun­cil are made pos­si­ble, in part, by fund­ing through our local senior ser­vices levy.

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