Aged Care Facilities

Dietitian Services has wide experience working with Aged Care Facilities and understand the balance of providing quality care, meeting government standards and staying within budget.

Cathie Lowe has over 19 years experience working in aged care and has a passion for menu planning and texture modified diets.

Dietitian Services can provide you with:

Dietary assessments of individual care recipients, practical strategies and documentation
Dietary advice and support for oral or PEG supplements
Caring Staff education – healthy eating in frail elderly, tips on making every mouthful count, nourishing fluids, texture modified diets, diabetes and food management
Food Service education sessions – thickened fluids, texture modified diets, portion sizes, quick easy ways to fortify meals
Menu assessment and analysis
Food Service Staff training and support
Special Diet Manual

Food Services

Dietitian Services has worked with Food Services in child care, aged care, mining, defence, private hospital and prison sectors.

Dietitian Service staff understand the nutritional requirements and food preferences of different client groups as well as the Food Service sector business structure and management models.

Dietitian Services can provide services such as:

Menu assessment and analysis – menu compared to nutritional requirements of client group with written report and practical recommendations if required
Menu design – menu design to include popular menu items as well as ways to meet guidelines for healthy choices and ensure a nutritionally balanced menu within Food Service contracts
On site Food Service staff training – nutritional requirements of client group, strategies for menu planning, healthy choice provisions
On site Client education – provide nutrition education for client group
Special Diet Manual and education

Clinical Trials

Dietitian Services has provided Dietetic components of clinical research trials since 2001. We understand and have skills in volunteer retention, planning and provision of Dietetic components of research protocols and planning of special test diets. Areas of experience include weight reduction, diabetes and cholesterol lowering trials.

Dietitian Services can provide you with the following services:

Provision of nutrition education and counselling as per the clinical trial protocol
Design of Dietitian components of clinical trials – proforma design, nutrition topics covered, length of consultations
Special test diet design to meet protocol requirements