The Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care has developed overarching nutrition policy and standards for all Government and non-Government disability supported accommodation and centre based respite care services.

This policy is a central part of The Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care's strategy to improve nutrition for people with a disability and minimise the risks in caring for this vulnerable group of people.

Key Platforms of the Ensuring Good Nutrition Policy

1. An operational policy that guides service providers in developing assessment, review and monitoring systems regarding the nutritional health of their clients.
2. Policy of annual nutritional risk assessment. 
3. Referral, follow up and monitoring by the service providers in the involvement of appropriate health professionals in assessment, intervention and ongoing management of nutrition, swallowing and mealtime issues.
4. The policy links directly to the department' new Quality Improvement and Integrated Monitoring System and the new regional and corporate framework.
5. Prevention and early intervention. An information package and training program that will assist service providers, people with a disability, carers, families and health professionals in developing these systems of nutritional care and in making decisions about the management of nutrition problems including high risk problems such as dysphagia.

Copies of the Ensuring Good Nutrition Policy document and Fact sheets in PDF format are available at The Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care website http://www.add.nsw.gov.au/GoodNutrition.asp