Nutrition Professionals Australia consults to a large number of Aged Care Facilities throughout South Australia, including regional areas. We are able to provide specific care for an individual resident or a range of services depending on the needs of the facility. We are committed to providing expert dietetic services in a professional and efficient manner.
Click on the heading below for more information about that particular service.
Individual Resident Review
One of our Accredited Practising Dietitians will visit your facility to:
- Review client nutrition issues and requirements
- Develop nutrition care plans
- Liaise with medical, nursing and food services staff to ensure optimal care
- Review PEG feeds
- Provide written dietary guidelines
Menu and Food Service Review
Aged care menus must be reviewed regularly to ensure that they meet aged care accreditation Standards. A review of the menu is far more than simply looking at the menu structure itself. The menu on paper does not always reflect what is actually served to residents and does not necessarily ensure that residents receive an adequate diet.
Nutrition Professionals Australia provides a comprehensive menu and food service review that includes:
- Nutrition and special diet policy and procedures
- Processes to identify malnutrition and provide nutrition support
- Quantitative assessment of nutrition provided to residents
- Documentation audit
- Comprehensive report with recommendations to meet accreditation guidelines
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Seminars and Workshops in your facility
We can tailor an education session for staff to suit the needs of your facility. Popular topics include:
- Nutrition in the elderly
- Malnutrition
- Nutrition screening
- Dysphagia and texture modified diets
- Thickened fluids
- Diabetes care
- Wound care
- Falls prevention
- Enteral feeding
- Special diets
We can also coordinate seminars with other allied health professionals such as diabetes nurse educators and speech pathologists.
Nutrition and Special Diets Seminars for Aged Care
Nutrition Professionals Australia will present 2 different types of seminar in 2010:
Half Day Seminar on Texture Modified Diets
Topics covered include:
- New names for vitamised diets and thickened fluids
- Presenting puree foods
- How to ensure maximum nutrition
- Why residents on puree diets may be losing weight
Dates:
Monday 7th June 2010
Monday 15th November 2010
Time:
1.30 pm to 5 pm
Place:
NPA’s Melbourne St rooms
267 Melbourne St, North Adelaide SA 5006
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Two day aged care seminars 2010
Our popular 2 day seminar will equip participants with the necessary tools to provide quality nutrition care in their facility. They will be given the opportunity to clarify contemporary nutrition issues in a practical way over the two day workshop. It will assist your facility to achieve best practice in nutrition and special diets and to meet accreditation requirements.
Day 1: Nutrition in aged care
- Meeting best practice and accreditation guidelines
- Malnutrition/ nutrition support
- Texture modified diets
- Diabetes
- Obesity management
Day 2: Special diets in aged care
- Allergy and intolerance
- Coeliac disease
- Low protein/ low potassium/ renal diets
- Low lactose/ gastro/ diets for gut disorders
Date:
Monday 25th and Tuesday 26th October 2010
Time:
9am to 5pm each day
Place:
NPA’s Melbourne St rooms
267 Melbourne St, North Adelaide SA 5006
Testimonials from previous participants…
‘I gained a wealth of information which I hope to put into practice.’
‘Excellent 2 days- I think it should be made compulsory.’
‘Great to meet with others from other facilities and to share experiences.’
‘All staff need to attend this seminar.’
To register for one of our upcoming seminars or to enquire about any of our other services, please call (08) 8227 1000 or email:
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Contracted Services
Nutrition Professionals Australia can also provide regular site visits to monitor and facilitate a range of food and nutrition services including those outlined above as well as:
- Development and implementation of a nutrition screening tool to identify residents at risk of malnutrition
- Flowchart for nutrition supplementation and monitoring of residents nutrition status
- Attendance at catering meetings
- Recipe analysis and review
- Special diets guidelines
- Review of texture modified diets and thickened fluids
- Review of diabetes management
- Advice regarding most appropriate and cost effective supplements
- Troubleshooting
Monthly visits to the facility are recommended, but other time frames can be negotiated.
For more information or to arrange visits to your facility call (08) 8227 1000 or email
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Special Diets in Aged Care Standard Meal Plans
Nutrition Professionals Australia has developed a series of one day meal plans that provide a summary outline for each of the various special diets that are likely to be encountered in aged care. Many of these special diets eg diabetic and texture modified are routinely provided from the main menu, but others will need to be catered for on an individual basis.
The meal plans provide a simple and practical guide that can be readily referred to at the time of serving meals. Also included in this manual is information regarding standard serve sizes and a standard menu structure to ensure that residents are provided with ample opportunities to choose foods from each of the core food groups and to ensure that the facility meets best practice and accreditation guidelines.
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Aged Care Newsletter
Nutrition Professionals Australia produces a regular newsletter that outlines current issues in nutrition for aged care residents. Please email us if you would like to receive our aged care newsletter
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Click here to see recent editions of our Aged Care Newsletter
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