Dietetics
Personalised nutrition support for better health.
Dietetics focuses on optimising nutrition to support health, prevent illness, and improve quality of life. GRS dietitians use evidence-based scientific principles to understand and influence food intake and eating behaviour, working with clients across a range of settings and life stages. This can involve helping someone manage a specific health condition through diet, supporting safe and adequate nutrition for people with swallowing or feeding difficulties, or providing practical dietary and lifestyle coaching to support long-term wellbeing. Dietetic support is especially important for clients who are at risk of malnutrition, require texture-modified diets, or rely on enteral feeding such as PEG feeding, where careful nutritional oversight is essential. GRS dietitians also consider nutrition's role in wound healing, recognising that adequate intake can meaningfully support recovery. As with other disciplines at GRS, dietetics is approached individually, starting with a comprehensive nutrition assessment and building toward practical, achievable dietary strategies that fit each client's health needs, preferences, and daily routine, rather than generic nutrition advice.
Our Approach
GRS dietetics begins with a comprehensive nutrition assessment to understand a client's current dietary intake, health conditions, and any specific risks such as malnutrition or swallowing difficulties. From there, dietitians work collaboratively with clients and families to set practical, achievable nutrition goals suited to their lifestyle, culture, and preferences. As an NDIS-registered provider, GRS aligns dietetic support with relevant plan goals, including reporting where required for supports such as texture-modified diets or supplement prescriptions. Appointments can be delivered in clinic, via telehealth, or in community and home settings, depending on what best suits the client, particularly where mobility or complex health needs make travel difficult. Dietitians often work alongside speech pathologists, occupational therapists, and medical professionals where nutrition intersects with swallowing, feeding equipment, or broader health management, ensuring coordinated care. Nutrition plans are reviewed and adjusted over time as a client's health, goals, or circumstances change, always grounded in an approach that respects individual preferences alongside sound nutritional principles.
What We Offer
Nutrition Assessment
Comprehensive review of intake, health conditions, and risk factors.
Feeding & Swallowing Support
Texture-modified diets and PEG feeding oversight.
Lifestyle Coaching
Practical, sustainable dietary strategies for everyday wellbeing.
- Comprehensive Nutrition Assessment
- Supplement Prescription
- Malnutrition Assessment and Intervention
- Nutrition Support for Texture Modified Diets
- PEG Feeding Setup and Support
- Dietary and Lifestyle Coaching
- Nutrition to promote wound healing
Frequently Asked Questions
Who benefits from seeing a dietitian at GRS?
GRS dietetics supports people managing malnutrition risk, swallowing or feeding difficulties, wound healing, or general health goals through nutrition. This includes clients requiring texture-modified diets, PEG feeding support, or general dietary and lifestyle coaching tailored to their circumstances.
What happens during a first dietetics appointment?
Your first appointment involves a comprehensive nutrition assessment, looking at your current diet, health conditions, and any specific risks or needs. Your dietitian will discuss your goals and preferences, then begin developing a practical nutrition plan suited to your daily routine.
Is dietetics covered by the NDIS?
Yes, dietetics can be a funded NDIS support, particularly where nutrition is linked to a participant's disability-related needs, such as swallowing difficulties or malnutrition risk. GRS is a registered provider and can help clarify what's included in your specific plan.
Can dietetics support be provided via telehealth or at home?
Yes, GRS dietitians can see clients in clinic, via telehealth, or through community and home visits, depending on individual circumstances. This flexibility is especially useful for clients with complex health needs or limited mobility.
How does dietetics support PEG feeding or texture-modified diets?
GRS dietitians assess nutritional needs for clients requiring PEG feeding or texture-modified diets and provide ongoing support to ensure intake remains safe and adequate. This often involves close collaboration with speech pathologists and medical teams.
How do I start with a GRS dietitian?
You can start with a referral from a GP, specialist, or support coordinator, or by contacting GRS directly to discuss your needs. Our team will help arrange an initial nutrition assessment tailored to your health circumstances and NDIS plan.
Can a dietitian help if I don't have a specific diagnosed condition?
Yes, dietetics support isn't limited to people with a diagnosed condition. GRS dietitians also provide general dietary and lifestyle coaching for clients wanting support with healthy eating habits, weight management, or building sustainable routines around food.
How often will I need to see a dietitian?
This depends on your goals and any specific health needs, such as malnutrition risk or texture-modified diets, which may require more regular review. Your dietitian will recommend an appropriate schedule after your initial nutrition assessment, based on your circumstances.
Can dietetics support be combined with speech pathology for swallowing needs?
Yes, dietetics and speech pathology are often combined for clients with swallowing difficulties, since safe swallowing and adequate nutrition are closely linked. GRS dietitians and speech pathologists collaborate to ensure dietary recommendations align with any texture modifications or mealtime strategies in place.
Ready to get started with Dietetics?
Refer a client or get in touch with our team.