Lifecare Alliance

Programs: Meals-on-wheels provides nourishing food and a daily visit to homebound, older adults and individuals living with a medical challenge and/or disability, 365 days a year. We deliver 5,000 meals a day throughout franklin, madison, marion, champaign, and logan counties - with meal options including hot, cold, frozen, specialty diet, kosher, vegetarian, pureed and mechanical soft. Our meal services keep our neighbors and loved one in their own homes. In 2016, volunteers and staff delivered 875,329 meals to clients. Our meals-for kids program delivers well-balanced, nutritious meals to after school programs, daycare centers and charter schools throughout central ohio. In 2016, meals-for-kids provided 124,762 meals to predominately low-income and at-risk children at 14 sites in central ohio. Carrie's café, our premiere senior dining center, has been recognized as a national model in congregate d, providing socialization, enriching programming, and nutritious meals. We operate over 40 community dining centers throughout central ohio, including culturally diverse meals at 11 asian and somali restaurants. Transportation is available to most locations. In 2016, the program served 123,415 meals. Our senior farmers' market is a usda-funded program that provides coupons to older adults (60+). Recipients are able to purchase fresh, unprepared, locally grown fruits, vegetables, herbs, and honey from partnering markets and roadside stands.

wellness centers provide health care through community wellness centers located in areas where the residents are underserved, have limited access to health care, or limited financial resources. Registered nurses and registered dietitians provide assessments, nursing care, and screening tests with a focus on education, disease prevention and management, nutrition therapy, and weight and diabetes management. In 2016, the program served 1,133 clients through 5,026 visits to wellness centers. L. A. Wellness works, lifecare alliance's corporate wellness program, is designed to meet the wellness needs of employers and employees through health, nutrition, and education services. L. A. Wellness works helps companies to achieve wellness goals and improve the bottom line, using proven methods to encourage wellness behaviors.

the columbus cancer clinic, provides prevention, detection, support, and hope for individuals battling cancer. The clinic accepts all insurance, as well as serves low-income, underinsured, or uninsured individuals, regardless of ability to pay. Services include prevention education, early detection, head-to-toe screenings, examinations, mammograms, and home care support. In 2016, the clinic provided 1,097 mammograms and 396 cancer screenings.