Cuts in social care funding have led to a third of all UK local authorities abandoning the provision of meals on wheels. According to the National Association of Care Catering, the number of meals on wheels/lunch club meals delivered has fallen by more than half over the last decade. This when the proportion of elderly citizens has been on the increase. 

Although there is some evidence that demand for these services may have fallen (partly perhaps due to the availability of supermarket home deliveries), there is still considerable concern.

The Association's chair, Neel Radia said that community meal provision, "...provides the regular friendly human contact that we all need, and the vital wellbeing and safety checks that vulnerable older people require, particularly in the colder winter months."

http://www.theguardian.com/society/patrick-butler-cuts-blog/2014/nov/11/third-councils-cut-meals-on-wheels-social-care