_These programs & services are designed to help older persons maintain their independence and dignity while they remain in their own home environment.  The programs include Senior Care, Home Aide Program, Meals-on-Wheels, and Housing Programs.  Click on the programs listed below to learn more.

_Meals-on-Wheels
Older persons need proper nutrition to maintain good health. The Home-Delivered Meal Program, better known as "Meals on Wheels," provides a life-giving service to the homebound elderly who are confined to bed, lack transportation, or are too frail to cook for themselves. While delivering meals, the driver serves as a link to other community services and resources. The regular visits also provide reassurance and alleviate some of the anxieties of those elderly persons who live alone. Meals on Wheels is supported by the United Way.
Call the telephone number for your county below for more information.
County Programs:
Dorchester County 410-221-1920
Somerset County 410-651-3400
Wicomico County 410-742-8569
Worcester County 410-632-1277

_Home Aide Program
Our Home-Aide Program strives to maintain or improve the health of the elderly who are chronically ill or severely disabled and are at risk of institutionalization. In many instances, staff members are able to ease an older person's return to his home after hospitalization. Services performed by aides are under the direction of a registered nurse and include personal care, transportation, housekeeping, and arranging for home-delivered meals.

Medical Assistance Waiver
The Medical Assistance Waiver is for individuals 50 years of age and older who are eligible, both functionally and financially for nursing home placement. Through this program eligible individuals have an alternative to nursing home placement and can choose to remain in their own homes or assisted living facility. For more information you may call 410-742-0505 extension 108.

Senior Care
The Senior Care Program helps frail, health-impaired older persons select and locate the services that can help them continue to live in their homes. Personal care, light housekeeping, meal preparation, nursing care, shopping and transportation are among the services available. Services are made possible through the collaborative efforts of MAC or the local Commission on Aging, the Department of Social Services, and the local Health Department.

Each agency is committed to improving the coordination of services and filling gaps in home care for the elderly. After an evaluation is done in the home, a case manager ensures that the older person receives the right services at the right time.

To be eligible a person must:

• be 65 years of age or older need assistance with several daily activities (personal care, meal preparation, etc.)
• be medically at risk of institutionalization Senior Care has some funds available to help pay for gap-filling services for persons who meet established medical and financial criteria.

MAC operates the Senior Care Program in Wicomico County.
Kathy Walker, Chief of the Long Term Care Division
Monday thru Friday, 8:00 to 3:00 
410-742-0505 ext. 108
E-mail: kmw@macinc.org

The lead agency in the other three counties are listed below.
Dorchester County : The Dorchester Co. Dept. of Social Services
Somerset County: The Somerset Co. Commission on Aging
Worcester County: The Worcester Co. Commission on Aging

For more information about any of our in-home programs please call 410-742-0505 or from Dorchester County 410-376-3662, Monday thru Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm. You can also email macmail@macinc.org.