Dietitian Services
Accredited Practising Dietitians
Our Dietitians have current Accredited Practicing Dietitian (APD) status, are current members of Dietitians Australia (Dietitians Association of Australia) and a current driver's licence. We are always happy to provide evidence of this on request.
Consults
We specialise in working with you and your requirements, looking at your medical histroy, your goals and overall health. Our Dietitians focus on a personalised way, following our indivudalised and evidence-based approach.
Advice
We nutritionally assess the menu and help to identify areas for continuous improvement and enhanced meal quality. Our skilled team will ensure that your menu reflects the nutritional needs of your residents, best practice in Aged Care and meets the national recommendations for the provision of meals in aged care
Education
Oral nutritional supplements are often a significant cost to Aged Care Groups. We can assist by conducting supplement reviews, audits and supplement reductions. This can save Aged Care Groups a substantial amount of money, in some cases hundreds of thousands to over a million dollars per year in savings. We use a food first approach, quality strategies when auditing and enhancing the real food experience for your residents so they may enjoy tasty, wholesome meals instead of the burden of oral supplements.
GUT Health
NutriPerks provide practical face-to-face education sessions for residential aged care homes. Our educations are designed to ensure clinical and catering staff are upskilled in the provision of quality nutrition care. Topics for education can include; general nutrition and hydration, food fortification, weighing residents, dysphagia, malnutrition, healthy eating, wound healing, IDDSI, texture modified diets, diabetes updates, mealtime assistance and many more.
IBS
Weigh reviews are offered for all residents within your homes to identify any residents who may have lost or gained weight, flag this with the CCC and discuss recommendations for residents of concern. Weigh reviews assess weight loss and gain on a month-to-month basis as well as a 3-monthly basis and continuous loss or gain. This is to ensure the homes are aware of and addressing unplanned weight loss according to the National Aged Care Mandatory Quality Indicator Program.
FODMAPs
NutriPerks may provide you with assistance on policy and procedure in residential aged care homes to ensure that nutrition and hydration delivery reflects evidence based and best practice care.
NutriPerks provides residential aged care homes with full support in achieving compliance with the Aged Care Quality Standards including conducting audits and identifying opportunities for continuous improvement.
