Aged care dietitian

At Ingrained Nutrition, our Dietitians provide a variety of aged-care services including a on-one-one Dietitian assessment for residential aged care facilities to review residents needing ongoing Dietitian input.

Common reasons why a Dietitian may need to see a resident in aged care can include conditions such as:

• Malnutrition,
• Loss of appetite, 
• Unintentional weight loss
• Unexplained change to food intake
• Dementia/Alzheimers.

This service includes malnutrition screening; resident assessment and nutrition intervention; prescription of oral nutrition supplements where required and working with care and kitchen staff to help provide the best possible nutritional care to all residents.

We also provide nutritional presentations for residents and families on a variety of topics such as the importance of healthy eating, tips for eating with a poor appetite, nutrients at risk in older ages. In addition to this we provide staff in-service education and food demonstrations on topics such as advice for feeding for residents with dementia, food fortifications, correct preparation of oral nutrition supplements, nutrition for would healing, food hygiene and safety, importance of good nutrition in older age.

Comprehensive seasonal menu reviews are another vital part of our service in aged care, including:

• Nutrient analysis
• Site visits
• Plate wastage review
• Resident satisfaction surveys
• Recipe analysis and review in accordance with NSW aged care standards and Australian Dietary Guidelines