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HOME VISITS

YOUR DIETITIAN COMES TO YOU!

The ability to implement change at the home care level is very rewarding and positive for both clients and Dietitian. Clients are often more receptive to information in their own home, and therefore successful results are more likely achieved. Focusing exclusively on one client at a time means that the Dietitian is able to accurately assess the situation and the client receives the best outcome for themselves.

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Benefits of Home Visits:

There is strong evidence that follow-up home visits with dietitians have a positive effect on client’s post-discharge from hospital, in relation to the risk of re-admissions, nutritional and functional status. (1) It is estimated that approximately 85% of older hospital or in-patient rehabilitation clients are either malnourished or are at risk of malnutrition, which can have a negative effect on their recovery and quality of life following discharge to the community. (2,3) However, when Dietetic intervention continued in the home after discharge there was a beneficial effect on the energy & nutrient intake and an overall improved nutritional status of clients. (2,4)

One of our dietitian with her client

Source:

  1. Anne Marie Beck, et al. Follow-up home visits with registered dietitians have a positive effect on the functional and nutritional status of geriatric medical patients after discharge: A randomized controlled trial. Clin Rehabilitation, 2013 Jun;27(6):483-93. 

  2. Aliza Haslinda Hamirudin, et al. Feasibility of home-based dietetic intervention to improve the nutritional status of older adult’s post- hospital discharge. Nutrition & Dietetics: The Journal of the Dietitians Association of Australia, 2017 Jul;74(3):217-223.

  3. S Marshall, et al. The consequences of malnutrition following discharge from rehabilitation to the community: a systematic review of current evidence in older adults. J Hum Nutr Diet, 2014 Apr;27(2):133-41.

  4. Anne Marie Beck, et al. Study protocol: follow-up home visits with nutrition: a randomised controlled trial. BMC Geriatr, 2011 Dec;11:90.

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