Strapped: Meals on Wheels In Aiken Struggles To Serve Amid Budget Cuts

Significant cuts to Aiken, S.C.’s Council on Aging have diminished its ability to serve the needs of its senior population. Since 2008, the Meals on Wheels budget has been cut by 20 percent each year and the waiting list has doubled to nearly 650 people.

More On Aiken’s Aging Population:

— Read: S.C. City’s Aging Population Offers A Glimpse Of The Future

— Watch: ‘Foster Grandparent’ Program Lets Generations Help Each Other

— Watch: ‘Project Lifesaver’ Tracks Wandering Seniors With Dementia

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<h1>Strapped: Meals on Wheels In Aiken Struggles To Serve Amid Budget Cuts</h1>
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			August 10, 2011		</time>
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<p>Significant cuts to Aiken, S.C.’s Council on Aging have diminished its ability to serve the needs of its senior population. Since 2008, the Meals on Wheels budget has been cut by 20 percent each year and the waiting list has doubled to nearly 650 people.</p><p>More On Aiken’s Aging Population:</p><p>— Read: <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/legacy/04C5ECBB-FA4E-4034-A350-20CA47B4DCCC">S.C. City’s Aging Population Offers A Glimpse Of The Future </a></p><p>— Watch: <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/legacy/CF32588C-6123-4FA0-B6E4-831AA982AD03">‘Foster Grandparent’ Program Lets Generations Help Each Other</a> </p><p>— Watch: <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/legacy/B8A72A23-8E94-433A-BBA5-733E92FCF166">‘Project Lifesaver’ Tracks Wandering Seniors With Dementia</a> </p><p /><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/strapped-meals-on-wheels/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/strapped-meals-on-wheels/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/strapped-meals-on-wheels/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Strapped%3A%20Meals%20on%20Wheels%20In%20Aiken%20Struggles%20To%20Serve%20Amid%20Budget%20Cuts&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2Fnews%2Fstrapped-meals-on-wheels%2F&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/strapped-meals-on-wheels/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/strapped-meals-on-wheels/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/strapped-meals-on-wheels/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=10505&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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