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The
Council on Aging for McIntosh Trail, Inc.'s primary purpose is to provide leisure time/recreational activities,
nutrition programs, and other supplemental services to senior adults. However, these services are not the same as services
provided
in a personal care home, nursing home, or adult day care facility.
The Council on Aging for McIntosh Trail, Inc. is
a private nonprofit agency that is neither licensed nor staffed to provide personal care to any senior citizen at any time.
In an attempt to include all seniors desiring to participate in our programs, exceptions will be made on a case by case basis.
This may require, but is not limited to, the senior adult being accompanied by a qualified caregiver. The caregiver
shall remain with their client at all times while they are participating in all programs provided by this agency. This
agency assumes no responsibility or liabilities to any client receiving personal care services by their caretaker while participating
in programs provided by this agency.
The institutions/caretakers bringing their client(s) shall
assume responsibility for the full cost of all meals provided by this agency. Having as our mission the advocacy
and provision of quality services to seniors, this agency will make every attempt to serve senior citizens as deemed
appropriate by the Executive Director of the Council on Aging for McIntosh Trail, Inc.
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The
Council on Aging for McIntosh Trail, Inc. is a private non-profit organization and was incorporated in 1979 for the
purposes of providing services to persons age 60 and over and/or disabled in the McIntosh Trail service area which includes
the Counties of Butts, Lamar, Pike, Spalding and, the surrounding cities which includes Jackson, Barnesville,
Zebulon, and Griffin.
The services are now designed to help senior
citizens and/or disabled individuals to help maintain and strengthen the ability of these individuals to care for themselves
and remain independent and at home as long as possible and to prevent long-term care facility placement.
The agency operates under the auspices of the
Southern Crescent Area Agency on Aging and receives funding from federal, state, and local governments, United Way, religious
and civic groups, private foundations, and various other sources.
The scope of services include congregate meals
served in local senior centers, home-delivered meals to homebound senior adults and disabled persons, leisure-time recreational
activities, telephone reassurance, senior employment / training program, information and referral, and nutrition education
and counseling. The target market are seniors and/or disabled persons.
The core service is the nutrition program which
serves seniors and/or disabled individuals who are nutritionally at risk. Each meal served to congregate and home-delivered
meal customers meets one-third of the Required Daily Allowance (RDA) of dietary guidelines which are developed and overseen
by Licensed and Registered Dietitians. Congregate meals are served in the senior centers of the McIntosh Trail Area; home-delivered
meals are
transported to homebound clients by agency personnel or volunteers.
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MISSION STATEMENT
The Council
on Aging for McIntosh Trail, Inc. commits itself to the service of Senior Citizens and disabled persons in the McIntosh
Trail Service area. The staff dedicates its efforts to serve as advocates for customers who are economically, physically,
and/or socially disadvantaged and as links to other appropriate services as necessary. This agency commits its efforts
and resources to the provision of social services including, but not limited to, nutrition programs, transportation, leisure
and recreational activities, employment, and telephone reassurance. All programs administered by this agency strive
to promote an increased sense of self-esteem, belonging, and independence among Senior Citizens. Management personnel
of this agency treat staff, volunteers, and clients with equity and respect. The Council on Aging for McIntosh Trail,
Inc. pledges to provide quality services to its customers in a professional, compassionate, and
genuine manner.
The Council on Aging for McIntosh Trail, Inc. operates on the foundations of compassion, customer focus, and
commitment. The agency adopted our mission statement in 1996 to reflect underlying beliefs and attitudes of agency staff toward
the purpose of the agency and commitment to customers.
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