Nutrition Support for Seniors in Adelaide

Eating well gets harder when cooking is tiring, appetite fades or a dietitian has asked for changes. Kindora Connect provides practical nutrition support for older people in Adelaide under Support at Home (formerly Home Care Packages): help at mealtimes, encouragement to eat and drink, and following the plan your health professionals have set.

Dietary advice and clinical nutrition plans come from dietitians. We help you put them into practice day to day.

What does nutrition support include?

• helping prepare meals that suit your tastes and dietary plan
• encouraging regular meals and enough to drink through the day
• making mealtimes comfortable and unhurried
• following texture or diet instructions from your dietitian or speech pathologist
• noticing and reporting poor appetite, weight changes or low fluid intake
• planning shopping so healthy food is on hand

What can Support at Home fund for nutrition?

The Support at Home service list includes prescribed nutrition: supplementary dietary products and aids that are prescribed for conditions related to functional decline. Products that are not prescribed for age-related needs, such as weight-loss products, are not funded.

Meals are a separate service: help to prepare meals in your home, or pre-prepared meals. The cost of ingredients is your own. See our meal support page.

Dietitians and speech pathologists are allied health professionals on the service list. We can help you get to their appointments through help accessing allied health.

Who does nutrition support help?

• you have lost weight or your appetite has dropped
• a dietitian has given you a plan and you need help following it
• you need softer foods or thickened drinks after swallowing problems
• you often forget to drink enough, especially in summer

How does nutrition support work under Support at Home?

Kindora Connect delivers Support at Home services as an associated provider through VitalCare Support. VitalCare Support is the registered provider and manages your Support at Home budget. Kindora Connect plans and delivers your day-to-day services and is your main contact for your care.

Read what associated provider means for Support at Home.

Nutrition support needs to be an approved service and fit within your budget. See Support at Home contributions explained for what you might pay.