Disability Services
ADVANTAGE NUTRITION offers high level one-on-one and organisational dietetic and nutrition services to NDIS participants.
Expertise combined with high level person-centered patient management and liaison skills deliver strong outcomes in diverse settings including supported independent living and home-based.
Ethics and Advocacy for basic human rights in relation to food and nutrition, along with implementation of systems to support better nutrition and dietetic outcomes, underpin all client interactions.
Who we help
ADVANTAGE NUTRITION has extensive experience with clients with a range of disabilities:
- Experience working with a range of clients with physical, intellectual and profound disabilities
- Ability to do on site wheelchair weights (dependent on location and funding)
- Experience working with clients on or for transition to enteral nutrition e.g. Naso-gastric nutrition, PEG (percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy) nutrition.
- Experience in working with severe dysphagia (difficulty swallowing) e.g. post stroke, due to dementia, due to physical disability, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease etc.
- High level expertise in areas such as Down Syndrome, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Fragile X, Cerebral Palsy, Huntington's etc.
- Investigation and implementation of diets for clients suffering with Untreated PKU (phenylketonuria).
- Experience working with conservative and palliative care clients
ADVANTAGE NUTRITION also provides dietetic services for motor vehicle accident and worker's compensation clients:
- Experience working with spinal cord injury and acquired brain injury.
- Experience working with clients on or for transition to enteral nutrition e.g. Naso-gastric nutrition, PEG (percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy) nutrition.
Our service area
Telehealth:
This is the default and preferred consultation type
- Nationwide
On site visits can be arranged as needed on a case-by-case basis.
