Dietitians support people with disabilities for a range of reasons, including:

• Support and education in eating a nutritious diet
• Underweight or excess weight gain which impacts on physical or social function
• Supporting growth and development in children and adolescence
• Pressure injuries (e.g. poor wound healing, pressure sores)
• Non-oral feeding and tube weaning (such as PEG feeding)
• Supportive diets for difficulties with chewing and swallowing
• Fussy or picky eating, food refusal or limited range of foods eaten which can lead to nutritional deficiencies and poor social or participation outcomes.
• Gastrointestinal issues (reflux, constipation, loose stools, lack of fibre/fluid)

Our dietitians will support you with following:

• Practical healthy eating advice
• Chronic disease management (including diabetes, high cholesterol, neurodegenerative disease, stroke, kidney disease, gastrointestinal conditions)
• Assistance with managing Home Enteral Nutrition (HEN) and nutritional supplements for PEG feeds.
• Nutrition assistance for texture modified diets such as soft and puree.
• Advice for overweight, underweight or malnutrition
• Meal planning, recipes and meal ideas
• Meal preparation and cooking (we can provide cooking classes in the home)
• Healthy supermarket tours
• Training and education for carers