With my experience in foodservice management and clinical dietetics I can provide clear advice for nutritional care for long-term aged care, both at an inidvidual and facility level. 

I work throughout the Whanganui-Manawatu region or Nationally if requested to provide the following range of services: 

For individual residents: 

• Nutrition assessments and recommendations for residents at risk of malnutrition or who have chronic or acute disease
• Review of tube feeding regimes (PEG or nasogastric)
• Applications for Special Authorities and prescriptions for nutrition supplements

At a facility level:

• Menu audits - these are required 2 yearly for aged car facilities, this is completed using the Dietitians NZ 'Food service and Nutrition audit tool'
• Menu planning - updating or developing new menus to meet requirements and add variety 
• Development of policy and systems for assessing, monitoring and managing malnutrition
• Providing policy and guidelines for managing residents who have diabetes, are overweight or underweight or who need texture modified diets (from both a kitchen and ward perspective)
• Staff training including:
• Food safety 
• Malnutrition
• Nutritional needs for older people
• Management of diabetes in older people
• Texture modified diets and IDDSI standards
• Nutrition and dementia
• Nutrition and wound care

I have a passion in helping facilities to provide enjoyable and nutritionally balanced menus that enable residents be healthy and prevent malnutrition. Contact me if I can help you and your facility.