Fleurieu Nutrition provides a range of nutrition and dietetic services for both plan managed and self-managed clients, in order to optimise your health, wellbeing, skill development and independence. Fleurieu Nutrition will work with you, your carers, family, household members, plan managers, support workers and other health care workers in your team in order to assist you in meeting your goals. Depending on your goals, services can be claimed under the following NDIS support categories: Core – Assistance With Daily Life – Disability Related Health Supports – Therapy Related Health Supports – Dietitian Consultation And Diet Plan Development - Provision of advice to a participant on managing diet for health and well-being due to the impact of their disability (01_760_0128_3_3) Capacity Building – Improved Health and Wellbeing - Dietetics - Dietitian Consultation And Diet Plan Development (12_025_0128_3_3) Capacity Building – Improved Daily Living – Therapy Supports (over 7 years) – Dietitian Consultation and Diet Plan Management - Provision of advice to a participant on managing diet for health and well-being due to the impact of their disability (15_062_0128_3_3) Capacity Building - Increased Social and Community Participation - Innovative Community Participation (09_008_0116_6_3) Services able to be provided include, but are not limited to: Individual, family and group appointments to optimise health, wellbeing, skill development and independence.
Carer education Menu review for residential facilities or shared living facilities Life skill education, including, but not limited to: Meal and snack planning, recipe and menu development, and development of shopping lists. Recipe modification Supermarket and grocery shopping tours, food label reading and shopping skills. Budgeting and food purchasing. Cooking lessons and cooking demonstrations, taking into consideration skill level and physical needs and learning goals.
Safe food handling and food safety. Education re food requirements and portions. Food, meal and social skills, including skills needed for work in the hospitality industry. Establishment of a home vegetable garden, including skill development in purchasing, growing, maintenance, harvesting and cooking of produce. Home visits – Home visits enable a greater understanding or your home environment, needs, food and meal preferences Provision of educational material – pictorial, enlarged, simplified or detailed as required.
Provision of any nutritional oral and PEG supplements required.