The Care Manager’s nutrition conversation: what to ask, when, and what to do next
For Support at Home care managers: the nutrition conversation is shorter than you think. If you’ve been asked to start identifying clients at nutr...
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Building a clinical category in aged care from scratch
There’s a difference between selling into an existing category and building a new one. When we started Eat Well Health, the working assumption was...
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Why most older Australians say they’re “eating fine” — and the data behind why they’re not
If you ask an older Australian living at home how they’re eating, the answer is almost always “fine.” They mean it. The reference point has ...
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The screening that changes the conversation
Five minutes. Eight questions. The right ones, in the right order. The screening tool we use at Eat Well Health is built around a simple probl...
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What I’ve learnt building EWH partnerships in the first year
A year into building Eat Well Health’s provider relationships, here’s what I’ve learnt that I wish someone had told me at the start. Most providers...
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Meals are not enough — and shakes are not what you think
The most common reaction we hear from care staff in their first conversation with us is: “Oh, you’re another meal provider.” We’re not. And the di...
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Most older Australians discharged with malnutrition risk don’t reach follow-up. Here’s why — and what works.
Australian studies show malnutrition roughly doubles the risk of hospital readmission within six months — and adds five days to the average length...
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The 100,000 older Australians missing from our nutrition conversation
There are 340,000 Australians currently receiving Support at Home funding. Between 30 and 50 per cent of them — somewhere over 100,000 people — sho...
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Clinical Oversight Without the Overhead
One of the biggest barriers for dietitians supporting Home Care clients has always been administrative load. Between intake forms, follow-up schedu...
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Bridging the Gap: Collaborating with Home Care Providers Online
For years, one of the biggest frustrations for dietitians has been the disconnect between clinical care and provider administration. Reports get lo...
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Preparing for Audit Readiness Under Support at Home
Audits are changing. Under Support at Home, providers will need to demonstrate not only that care is delivered — but that it’s measurable, consiste...
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Real-Time Monitoring: The Future of Home Care
Under the new Support at Home system, client monitoring will become one of the most closely examined areas of compliance. But for most providers, t...
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How Digital Nutrition Screening Extends Your Clinical Reach
In aged care, access has always been the biggest barrier to clinical nutrition. Clients often need support, but by the time a dietitian is referred...
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