Critical Illness Nutrition Program

The Critical Illness Nutrition program reaches out to those in the community who are under the age of 60, who are critically ill, have medical disabilites, or chronic illnesses and who do not have the mental and/or physical capacity to prepare their own meals. Three nutritional meals a day, for every day of the year are prepared and delivered to our clients homes.

Clients must meet the following eligibility qualifications:

Client must be mentally or physically unable to prepare meals for themselves
A statement of medical necessity and diagnosis must be provided from a case manager or physician
Client must be a resident of San Diego County and under the age of 60
Client must provide documentation of current income

Since our first day of operations, we have never turned away anyone needing our help and we are determined that we never will.

DEFINITION OF CRITICAL ILLNESS: A critical illness is defined as an advanced and symptomatic life-threatening illness or a combination of diseases that result in a life-threatening status. This can also include people experiencing an acute exacerbation of a chronic illness, or who are recovering from surgery intended to control or cure a life-threatening illness.

Here are just some examples of life-threatening conditions (This is not a comprehensive list):

Cancer
Diabetes
Heart disease

In addition to a critical illness, a potential client must by physically and/or mentally unable to prepare their own meals.

The following conditions do not qualify a person for services:

Mental illness alone
Elective surgery
Non-life threatening medical conditions or physical disabilities
Anyone age 60 and over (does not apply to people with HIV/AIDS)

Mama’s Kitchen, Inc. is a San Diego nonprofit, tax exempt 501(c)3 charity organization.