After a serious injury people have complex nutrition and health needs and Healthwise offers a person-centred approach to rehabilitation. Healthwise pride themselves on working collectively with individuals, families, carers and the wider Multi-Disciplinary Team to ensure that individual needs are met.

With a background in teaching Lisa at Healthwise is able to provide relevant training and materials to support clients and the teams working with them. Using interactive and informative practices supported by the best evidenced based nutritional science.

Typical Services

• Assessments to ensure client is meeting his/her nutrient requirements to maximise rehabilitation potential and recover from surgery
• Support and education for clients on how they can achieve a weight which is healthy and sustainable for them.
• Advice and suggestions on how to implement a texture-modified diet or manage a chronic disease such as type 2 diabetes.
• Dietary advice to assist in managing related co-morbidities such as fatigue and gut issues.
• Training sessions for families and support workers on understanding each client’s nutritional requirement, support with developing healthy menus, and managing related health conditions.
• Training for support workers to monitor the weight of clients — assessing clients for their risk of becoming malnourished and reducing the risk of clients becoming overweight/obese.
• Assistance with capacity assessments around food and eating.
• Expert medico legal assessments and reports relating to nutrition and diet.

Case study

A young client who suffered a catastrophic accident with serious acquired brain injury, was progressing well with rehabilitation, however, was suffering terribly with fatigue.

I worked with the client, the family and support staff around healthy eating, nutrition needs for this stage of life.  We spent time reviewing and improving meal timings and suitable snacks and forward planning. I worked closely with the wider Multi-Disciplinary Team around sleep hygiene and suitable rest points. The client went on to complete his college course and continue to progress with rehabilitation.

Case study

A client suffered a serious accident, with acquired brain injury and serious memory issues, was struggling to eat a healthy diet, had gained significant weight and was suffering from diabetes.

I worked with the client to implement suitable strategies to help aid the memory around food consumed, provided on-going support and training for the family and support staff. Provided suitable resources to assist the client and can report significant weight-loss and remission of diabetes.

Case study

A client who had suffered a serious road traffic accident and acquired brain injury, was struggling to eat, was concerned over the foods in their diet and required support.

I provided advice around the amount of foods needed to support the body to function properly, provided advice and information for them and their family, a meal guide and worked closely with Occupational Therapy to provide suitable recipes and information. The client since gained a weight, increased muscle mass and is maintaining at a healthy level.

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