Support at Home · Meals and nutrition

Meals and nutrition support

Unplanned weight loss is one of the first signs someone isn't managing at home.

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What this covers

Meal preparation at home

In your kitchen, to your taste, several meals at once.

Delivered meals

Brought to the door where cooking isn't realistic.

Help with shopping and planning

What to buy, before what to cook.

Dietitian assessment

For weight, diabetes or swallowing concerns.

Texture-modified diets

Where a speech pathologist has identified a swallowing risk.

Help at mealtimes

Assistance to eat.

Watch the weight, not the fridge

Families see a full fridge and assume eating is fine. The signals that matter are looser clothes, a ring turning, a scale drifting over months. By then it's already affecting strength, healing, falls and infection.

Nutrition sits alongside clinical care, not housekeeping. If weight is dropping, a dietitian assessment is worth more than more meals.

Cooked here or brought in

Both are funded. Delivered meals solve the logistics and fail on appetite when the food is unfamiliar. Cooking in your kitchen costs more per meal and gets eaten, so try that first.

Questions people ask

Are delivered meals covered?

Meal services are a funded category under Support at Home. The food itself is treated differently from preparing or delivering it, so ask us what your budget covers.

Can someone cook in my kitchen instead?

Yes, meal preparation in your home is funded, and it's often better because the food is familiar and gets eaten.

My father is losing weight. What should I do first?

Mention it when you call. Unplanned weight loss warrants a dietitian assessment and a GP conversation before you settle on meals.

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Arrange meals and nutrition near you

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