Elements and Performance Criteria
- Identify conditions requiring a nutrition care plan most commonly encountered by the client group
- Identify food service systems
- Identify the conditions commonly encountered by the client group requiring a nutrition care plan or dietary modification
- Identify nutrient imbalance contributing to common lifestyle diseases and disorders
- Identify dietary factors associated with common lifestyle diseases/diet related chronic diseases and other nutrition-related conditions, food intolerances, allergies
- Identify the special nutritional and dietary needs of client groups
- Develop or modify meals and menus to meet the special nutritional and dietary needs of client groups
- Plan and modify meals and menus to meet the nutritional and dietary needs of the client group, using standard guidelines
- Assess meals and menus for their suitability for texture modification to meet special nutritional and dietary needs, using standard guidelines
- Consult with dietitian about the special nutritional and dietary needs of client groups
- Incorporate sufficient choices of dishes and drinks in to menus for special needs, using standard guidelines
- Plan meals to meet the nutritional needs of 'at risk' groups