DC Metro Congregate Meal Sites

Federally and state funded congregate meal sites offer on-site hot lunches to seniors for little or no cost.  Many also offer recreation programs. Find meal sites in DC Iona’s Active Wellness Program at St. Albans provides free hot lunches to DC seniors, age 60 and older.  Morning and afternoon activities include computer classes, fitness, and [...]

Free Caregiver Education Online Videos

A San Antonio-based CCRC is offering free online educational videos for caregivers.  The videos run 10-15 minutes in length, are in English and Spanish, and cover a variety of topics including transfers, dementia and home safety, fall prevention, nutrition, advanced directives, and public benefits.  Users are asked to enter their zip code.

Gourmet home delivered meals

Meals on Wheels offer low-cost meal delivery to seniors nationwide.  DC’s Homebound Meal program offers subsidized meal delivery to certain homebound DC seniors.  Some seniors prefer more “gourmet” meals.  A few options are below. (DC, MD) SOMA Flavors (for-profit company) provides home-delivered meals to a limited service area. (DC, MD, Va, and elsewhere) Diet To [...]

Food and Friends – home delivered meals

Food & Friends is a private non-profit, which provides subsidized home-delivered meals to DC metro residents living with certain life-limiting diseases.  Other eligibility requirements also apply.  For more information, see their website. Call or email Iona Information & Referral (202-895-9448; info@Iona.org) for answers to aging-related resource questions.

Meals on Wheels

Meals on Wheels is a private non-profit, which provides low-cost home-delivered meals.  Scholarships are available at some locations.  To find a Meals on Wheels location, visit their website at www.mowaa.org and select “find a meal.” Call or email Iona Information & Referral (202-895-9448; info@Iona.org) for answers to aging-related resource questions.

DC subsidized home-delivered meals

The DC Office on Aging’s Homebound Meals Program provides subsidized home-delivered meals, three days per week, to senior DC residents, age 60+.     The meal service is coordinated by six “lead agencies,” each of which serve a different geographical part of the city.  For more information, contact the agencies below. Ward 1 residents contact Barney Neighborhood House [...]

DC Food Finder website

DC Food Finder identifies locations for soup kitchens, food pantries, senior congregate meal programs, nutrition classes, and other food-related resources. Call or email Iona Information & Referral (202-895-9448; info@Iona.org) for answers to aging-related resource questions.