Dietitian - Aged Care | Leading Nutrition

Leading Nutrition prides itself on providing an outstanding Aged Care Dietitian Service to all of the aged care facilities we work with. Our team of professional Aged Care Dietitians work with care, collaboration and innovation to achieve the best possible nutrition outcomes.

Whether helping residents, staff, or management, we focus on the nutrition goals of each, and help them achieve their best. Our dietitians constantly look for opportunities to improve the quality of life of residents, often receiving feedback of performing beyond expected standards.

We collaborate with food services to create nutritious, contemporary menus that meet the changing needs in aged care. Through the comprehensive Menu Review process, our dietitians work closely with chefs to ensure that menus meet the nutritional requirement for the older population and respond to preferences and needs of the specific facilities.

We apply our best practise approach to Aged Care nutrition, as well as consulting with hospitals, other institutions and home care providers.

All across the country our expert Aged Care dietitians are ready to help you.

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Nutrition Management & Unannounced Agency Visits – Nutrition Matters Newsletter April 2018

Be Confident in your Nutrition Management with an Unannounced Agency Visit.
Recently, the Aged Care Quality Agency has published a change in accreditation audits. All homes applying for re-accreditation from July 2018, or with an accreditation expiry date on, or after, 1 January 2019, will move from ‘announced’ to ‘unannounced’ re-accreditation audits.
Nutrition management within an aged care home covers a wide range of areas and involves all staff. It can be daunting to figure out where to start in reviewing your nutrition management. Read more »

Gluten Free diets: Be confident in catering for residents with Coeliac Disease

Coeliac Awareness Week 13 – 20 March
www.coeliac.org.au
The number of requests for aged care facilities to prepare gluten free diets is increasing. Do you and your staff have the skills, knowledge, equipment and ingredients to prepare a gluten-free diet?
People with Coeliac disease react abnormally to gluten causing small bowel damage. Gluten is a protein found in wheat, barely, rye and oats. If left untreated, some of the long-term consequences include chronic systematic inflammation, poor nutrition and malabsorption of nutrients. Read more »

A Welcome Change to BMI ranges for the Elderly

Where did the Body Mass Index (BMI) come from?
The World Health Organisation (WHO) uses Body Mass Index (BMI) to determine whether a person is of a healthy weight for their height. WHO has decided that a BMI of 18.5 – 24.9kg/m2 for younger adults has the lowest health risks (1). This range has been based primarily on studies in younger adults, where risks of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, certain cancers, and mortality associated with increased body weight have been well documented. Read more »

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16 Apr

Even the highest quality meals provide no nutritional benefit if a resident does not have the opportunity and suitable assistance to consume it #agedcare #nutrition #agedcaredietitian https://t.co/FkRP2vc5XS

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14 Mar

Guilty pleasures! How thick is your shake? This Frijj milkshake (chilled) was #IDDSI Level 2. Only /mildly/ thick, Frijj?! #swallowaware2018

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12 Apr

Advance copies of our new #palliativecare cookbook have arrived and it looks fantastic! Keeping the title secret a little longer, there's a moving and personal story behind it. Launch next month, preorders available soon! @HCMediaAU

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Leading Nutrition @LNDietitians·

13 Apr

Whether we mean it or not, when we see an 'overweight' person, we make judgements on their lifestyle. Do we think the same of residents in aged care facilities who are overweight? How does this impact on our care & health outcomes of these residents? https://t.co/FP5oczuB0B

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Nutrition Management & Unannounced Agency Visits – Nutrition Matters Newsletter April 2018

Gluten Free diets: Be confident in catering for residents with Coeliac Disease

A Welcome Change to BMI ranges for the Elderly

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