Residential Care Nutrition Services

Available on the Lower Main Land and Vancouver Island
Book a Meal Assessment

Mobile services for Long Term / Residential Care & In-Home Assessment include:
  • Nutrition Care Plans (required for residents staying longer than 6 weeks, in facilities greater than 25 beds)
  • Bedside swallowing assessments
  • Tube feeding and high output ostomy
  • Palliative and end of life nutrition counselling (Is my loved one starving to death?)
  • Weight monitoring with interventions related to weight changes or advancing wounds.
  • RAI section K quarterly reviews (facilities only)
  • Annual care plan reviews and Care Conferences
  • 30 day reassessment for tray service (for nutrition indications only)
  • Audits of food safety, quality of food service and meal time environment (Audits and More)

Rates & Additional Services

For contracts with a minimum of 45 minutes per resident per month the rate is $75/hour. Includes the services listed above. Or you can book appointments for the following services as needed.  Home visits are also available.   Each site is supported by a team of at least 2 dietitians and includes on call services.

 4 week Menu Reviews

Upload your menu plan(s) for review.  All items must include the portion size, and including beverages.  Your review will include recommendations to meet the 2019 Canada Food Guide and is required to include culturally relevant and preferred food.

$800 minimum to approve a 4 week menu

Initial / Annual Nutrition Assessments

Includes a nutrition prescription, therapeutic diet to meet medical nutritional needs, texture modification (based on a swallowing screen or assessment), fluid recommendation, supplements, eating aides and positioning recommendations, bowel and/or wound nutrition interventions and beverage preferences. 

This assessment is done at meal time where the resident normally dines. Rate: $180

Quarterly Follow-Up or As Needed

Includes signing RAI section K. Rate: $90

Significant changes require a full re-assessment Rate: $180

 We update and maintain Point Click Care and Nutrition Management

Note: Does not include wheelchair or seating assessments. Good positioning must be achievable with existing equipment. 

Working with our team of Registered Dietitians

As Registered Dietitians, we each maintain liability insurance, general liability and WorkSafeBC coverage.

Travel time to and from your location is charged at $1/km from Parksville, Surrey or Mission

Nutrition services provided on one-on-one or as a continuing contract. Residential care facilities are GST exempt.