Nutrition & Dietetics for adults

Our dietitians offer a person-centred focus in supporting clients with cognitive, physical, sensory, neurological and intellectual limitations under the NDIS.  Glasswing Therapy are a trusted provider of nutrition services for people with disabilities such as cerebral palsy, autism, down syndrome, motor neurone disease and acquired disabilities.

We can provide the following services:

• Nutrition education around managing a range of health conditions like Diabetes, MND, Parkinson’s, Anaemia, low weight, obesity, poor appetite, dysphagia, IBS and food allergies and intolerance, constipation, depression, anxiety, and osteoporosis.

• Education in planning and preparing of meals, and shopping lists. This may include education for carers.

• Practical resources and tools to assist with eating, feeding and cooking including portion tools and meal time feeding resources, shopping tours, food safe handling, enhanced recipe and meal development.

• Guidance on eating out and eating socially, including how to choose suitable foods from fast food outlets and menus.

• Assistance with managing Home Enteral Nutrition (HEN) and medical grade nutritional supplements i.e. PEG – percutaneous endoscopic gastronomy. Adherence to PEG feeding regimes, how to order feeds and consumables through NDIS and HEN, troubleshooting and education on caring for the PEG site and equipment.

Paediatric Nutrition & Dietetics

A dietitian assesses the nutritional status of a patient or client and provides recommendations and education to address any nutrition concerns or to promote general healthy eating habits.

Because a child’s nutrition status starting at birth significantly affects their physical growth and neurological status throughout their life, the main focus whilst working with children is to make sure the child is gaining weight and growing appropriately. We need to make sure their nutrient needs are met and that we introduce healthy eating habits as early as possible. This is to ensure these habits follow them for the rest of their life. Input from a dietitian is especially important if your child is a very fussy eater, or is fed through an NG or G tube.