Participant General Support Plan - Mealtime Management

Product Details

• Product Type: Plans
• Version: 1
• Tags:
  1.1 Person-Centred Support 1.2 Individual Values and Beliefs 1.4 Independence and Informed Choice 2.2 Risk Management 2.8 Continuity of Supports 2.9 Emergency & Disaster Management 3.1 Access to Supports 3.2 Support Planning 3.4 Responsive Support Provision 4.4 Mealtime Management
• Description:

  This fully customisable, comprehensive, ready-to-use Participant General Support Plan - Mealtime Management template is designed to support you as an NDIS provider in developing a safe, consistent, and person-centred approach to participant intake, onboarding or service delivery. It ensures that a person’s nutritional, safety, and support needs during meals are met in a consistent, safe, and person-centred manner, aligning with the NDIS Practice Standards, relevant legislation, and best-practice guidelines.

  This template outlines strategies to reduce the risk of choking or aspiration, especially if the participant has swallowing difficulties (dysphagia), details the appropriate food textures, fluid consistencies, portion sizes, and mealtime routine, describes how staff can encourage choice, maintain comfort, and promote active participation, provides clear instructions on seating, positioning, feeding techniques (if required), equipment use, and required supervision levels, ensure everyone involved in the participant’s care follows the same safe and effective mealtime practices and documents how to observe for signs of discomfort, aspiration, or changes in swallowing or appetite. It also documents workers' training & accountability, background history, risk management, preventive health care, treating team, care strategies, monitoring & recording, medication administration, emergency care instructions, family instructions and aids & equipment, 

  Suitable for independent support workers, sole traders, unregistered & registered providers, medical and allied health professionals across Australia.  

  Also known as 

  • Mealtime Support Plan
  • Eating and Drinking Support Plan
  • Mealtime Assistance Plan
  • Nutrition and Mealtime Support Plan
  • Mealtime Safety and Support Plan
  • Individual Mealtime Plan
  • Participant Nutrition Care Plan
  • Dietary Support Plan
  • Mealtime Routine Plan
  • Eating Support Protocol
  • Mealtime Management Guidelines
  • Swallowing and Mealtime Support Plan (if dysphagia or similar issues apply)
  • Food and Fluid Support Plan