SENIOR SUPPORT SERVICES
COPE Galway offers various services to older people living in Galway city and parts of the county. In delivering these services our aim is to help the people we work with to overcome isolation and to support them in living independently, and in their own home, if that is their wish. The services we offer to older people are:
Community Catering
What is COPE Galway Community Catering
COPE Galway Community Catering was formerly Meals on Wheels but the name changed in November 2006.
COPE Galway Community Catering is a positive development dedicated to the provision of nutritional support for Galway's older people. COPE Galway Community Catering prepares and delivers over 40,000 hot, nutritious meals per annum to older people in Galway City & County.
Our objective is to assist older people to live their life independently and in their own home if that is their wish.
We provide nutritious, client centered home delivery meals. Click below for our sample menu
This service can be temporary in order to assist an older person overcome a recent illness or can become long term, the choice is theirs.
They may receive our meal service for as long as needed and may go on and off service as medical or personal needs change.
We also provide special meals based on medical requirements, some examples include: no salt, coeliac or renal.
There is a nominal fee for our meals. Our meals service is subsidised, delivered by volunteers and is not dependent on income levels. However, some people may be in a position to pay slightly more then those on basic income.
Who can apply?
COPE Galway Community Catering provides daily nutritional support for Galway City's older people.
While our service is primarily for older people it is not exclusively so. We also provide meals to anyone who, through disability or injury, is unable to prepare a hot meal for themselves.
If you answer YES to any of the questions below, then Community Catering is here to help
- Are you finding it more and more difficult to make your own dinner each day?
- Is the person who normally cooks for you away?
- Do you find it difficult to get to the shops as often as you need?
- Would you like your dinner to be delivered to you either daily or from time to time?
How to apply
To avail of our meals service simply;
- Click here to Download the Community Catering Application Form;
- Call us on (091) 700800 or email us on communitycatering@copegalway.ie
- Pick up a registration form from your local Public Health Nurse or GP.
Fill in your registration form and give us a buzz, we can take it from there.
COPE Galway Sonas Day Centre
COPE Galway Sonas is a Drop-in centre for the older people of Walter Macken Place and surrounding area in Mervue in Galway City. The service provides clients with meals, activities, information and laundry service.
The service is located at the Walter Macken Flat complex in Mervue, Galway. This service offers invaluable social contact and support services for older people in isolation in the community.
COPE Galway Sonas Day Centre
1 Walter Macken Place
Mervue
Galway
Tel: (091) 753402
Fax: (091) 766767
