File 003 · AgeTech

Record 104 · Community · 1954

54.104.Y

Meals on Wheels

Meals on Wheels

Meals on Wheels (1954) by Meals on Wheels

The route that made staying fed at home a public service, not a family accident.

A hot meal, at the door.

Born in wartime Liverpool and scaled in the U.S. through the Older Americans Act, home-delivered meals are still the most widely deployed aging-in-place program in the country.

Nutrition and a daily check-in — infrastructure, not an app.

Filed notes

  • Home-delivered meals
  • Volunteer/driver check-in
  • National nutrition network

SIC

8322

Individual and Family Social Services

NAICS

624120

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities

Official

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