Our Services
Clever Bite Dietitians provide a range of comprehensive nutrition and dietetic services that facilities can choose depending on your inidividual needs and priorities.
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Monthly assessment of the facility-wide weight reports for all consumers to identify nutritional risks early and implement appropriate interventions to support health and wellbeing
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Screening consumers for malnutrition risk, identifying concerns early, and providing personalised nutrition support to prevent and manage malnutrition.
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Comprehensive nutrition assessments that consider clinical status, weight trends, medical conditions, dietary requirements, preferences, goals, and individual circumstances to develop tailored nutrition care plans.
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Tracking consumers who require follow-up dietetic review, ensuring reassessments occur within recommended timeframes and nutrition care remains responsive to changing needs.
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Evidence-based nutrition support for consumers living with diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and other chronic health conditions.
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Targeted nutrition strategies to support wound healing, tissue repair, and overall recovery for consumers with acute or chronic wounds.
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Working closely with doctors, speech pathologists, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to ensure coordinated and holistic care.
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Open communication with consumers and their families (with consent) to support informed decision-making and collaborative care planning
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Comprehensive assessment of menus to ensure they provide nutritionally balanced meals that support consumer health, wellbeing, and enjoyment, while aligning with current aged care standards and guidelines. Practical recommendations are provided to support ongoing compliance and quality improvement.
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Reviewing and supporting adherence to the Strengthened Aged Care Standards, including dietary care plans, nutrition-related policies and procedures, staff training, mealtime assistance etc.
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Assessing current mealtime practices and environments, and providing recommendations to enhance the dining experience, support nutritional intake, and promote consumer wellbeing.
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Supporting nutrition management through food-first strategies where appropriate, and supplement recommendations when clinically indicated. Supplement tracking and auditing processes support effective use, minimise wastage and can potentially achieve significant cost savings.
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Tailored education sessions designed to strengthen staff knowledge and confidence across a range of nutrition-related topics relevant to aged care.
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Supporting facilities with nutrition-related reporting requirements by providing relevant data.
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Compassionate nutrition support that aligns with the goals, preferences, comfort, and quality of life of consumers receiving palliative or end-of-life care.
Ready to Discuss Your Facility's Needs?
Our team is happy to discuss your facility's needs and how we can support your residents.