Nursing Homes

Gillian is available to travel to nursing homes throughout Ireland. She will discuss nutritional requirements and any other nutritional issues with nursing staff that may crop up. Consultations with Gillian include liaison with nursing home residents, families, nursing, other allied health professionals and catering staff, GP’s as necessary.

Areas of Expertise

Gillian has the clinical expertise to give nutritional advice in the following areas:

Nutritional Screening Training for the Elderly (MUST) to assess those at risk of malnutrition
Providing advice on the importance of good nutritional intake to promote recovery, such as ulcer or wound healing
Providing nutritional support if required, where appetite is poor, weight loss and oral nutritional supplements are needed
Modified texture for diets and/or fluids for those with swallowing difficulties
Calculating nutritional requirements and reviewing tube feeding (PEG) regimes, including advising on correct feeds and volumes to use for artificial feeding
Giving patients dietary advice if they have raised cholesterol, diabetes or other dietary needs
Review of the food provision service at nursing homes on request, such as menu evaluation, meal fortification
Nutritional updates or education sessions to families, nursing and kitchen staff to ensure that meals and snacks provided are nutritionally adequate and acceptable

For further inquiry, you can contact Gillian by telephone on 085 7708940

Partnership with CATTS

Gillian also works in partnership with CATTS (Clinical Assessment & Therapy Services). As a team, they can provide services for Dietetics, Speech and Language Therapy and Occupational Therapy where needed. Joint recommendations are essential in helping to speed the patient’s recovery process and optimise the lifestyle of those living in residential care homes.

Note: Consultation fees can be partially reimbursed using private health insurance or tax relief.