What someone eats directly affects how they heal, how much energy they have, how well their conditions are managed, and how much they enjoy their daily life. Yet nutrition is frequently the first thing to deteriorate when someone is living alone or managing health challenges. A dietitian who visits at home, who can see the fridge, the pantry and the actual mealtime, brings a level of practical insight that a clinic consultation simply cannot.
What is Dietetics?
Home dietetics involves a qualified Accredited Practising Dietitian assessing nutritional status, dietary intake, and the relationship between diet and the client's health conditions. The dietitian develops a practical nutrition plan that accounts for the client's food preferences, cultural practices, cooking abilities and medical requirements, and works with the care team to ensure it is realistic in daily life.
What's included
Who benefits from this service?
Dietetics is valuable for clients with diabetes, chronic kidney disease, heart failure, cancer, malnutrition or unintended weight loss, swallowing difficulties requiring texture modification, or anyone whose diet significantly affects their health management.
How it works
Initial assessment
The practitioner conducts a comprehensive in-home assessment, understanding your goals, current function and the specific challenges in your home environment.
Treatment or management plan
A tailored plan is developed with you, what we're working on, how we'll measure progress and how often we'll visit.
Regular sessions
Scheduled visits for treatment or management, with exercises or strategies for between visits where appropriate.
Goal review and progress
Progress is reviewed regularly. When goals are achieved, we plan for maintaining gains independently or transitioning to a maintenance programme.
🩺 Clinical note: Malnutrition in older adults is associated with increased risk of infection, delayed wound healing, falls, hospitalisation and mortality. Our dietitians use validated screening tools at every assessment and treat nutritional deficits as clinical priorities.