Dietitians Australia is urging Australian families to dig deeper and investigate how nutrition is managed at their loved one’s aged care home, warning that the star rating falls short of providing information on the nutritional quality of food served.

Dietitians Australia is demanding the Government move immediately to mandate a requirement for every residential aged care home to have their menus and meals assessed by a dietitian on-site at least once a year.

Released November 2022 - Our feedback and recommendations to strengthen the Draft Revised Aged Care Quality Standards.

Dietitians Australia has welcomed the draft revised Aged Care Quality Standards and encourages all dietitians and families with loved ones in aged care to participate in the public consultation.

“The budget announcement has been disappointing but not surprising for Australians in aged care and the preventative health of the nation,” Dietitians Australia CEO Robert Hunt said.

Australia has gone backwards and is well behind international best practices when it comes to food and nutrition policy according to the latest Food Policy Index Scorecard released today.

Released October 2022 - Our submission gives recommendations for the Code of Conduct for Aged Care, including to more explicitly define who it does and doesn't apply to.

Almost one in ten residents in Australian Aged Care homes are continuing to lose weight, when they shouldn’t, according to the latest data released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.

Health Minister Mark Butler MP officially opened #DA2022, the largest annual gathering of professionals in nutrition and dietetics in Australia this morning in Adelaide.

Dietitians Australia provided feedback and recommendations for the proposed design of the Support at Home Program, a new program for aged care at home.