Nutrition
Nutrition - Peter Mac Cancer Centre
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| Good nutrition plays an important role in patients undergoing cancer treatment. Our department focuses on assessing patients' nutritional needs before, during and after treatment, and providing support and advice during these times. For many people with cancer, the side effects they experience can greatly affect their ability and desire to eat. The role of a Dietitian is to work with these patients to understand their nutritional needs, develop strategies to reduce diet related side effects and enhance their quality of life. It is often a matter of changing dietary priorities to combat side effects of cancer treatment in order to optimise nutrition. We strive for excellence ensuring that our clinical practice is evidence based and we play an important role in educating others by disseminating our experience. We are involved in the education and training of Dietetics students, as well working in conjunction with the Dietitians Association of Australia to support continuing professional development of Dietitians outside of Peter Mac on nutritional management in Oncology. We prioritise maintaining and improving the quality of our services and play a significant role in clinical research. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Each of our Dietitians has areas of specialty defined by types of cancers including Head & Neck, Upper & Lower Gastrointestinal, Skin, Haematology, Lung, Sarcoma, Urology, Gynaecology and Breast cancers. Patients are seen both as outpatients and inpatients at East Melbourne; and we also operate outpatient clinics at other sites including Peter Mac Moorabbin and Peter Mac Box Hill. In addition to this, one of our key roles is managing patients that require nutrition support via feeding tubes whilst living at home. We are responsible for overseeing the nutrition care of these patients and closely monitoring their progress. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| As well as clinical Dietitians, we have a Food Service Dietitian who works to ensure the food that patients receive in hospital is suited to their individual nutrition requirements. For many years the Nutrition Department has organised a variety of ‘Guest Chef’ functions at Peter Mac. The aim of these functions is to increase the pleasure of food for patients and “help put the fun back into eating”, such as Christmas afternoon teas supplied by the Park Hyatt. For further infomation on our Food Services Department click here >> | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Department hours: Monday to Friday 8.30am - 5.00pm. For referrals & outpatient appointments please contact the Nutrition Department on 03 9656 1002. After hours: we provide an on-call dietitian service on weekends and public holidays to monitor high risk inpatients. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| The Cancer Council Victoria www.cancervic.org.au | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| This website provides educational material regarding Nutrition & Cancer for health professionals, people with cancer and their families and friends. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA) www.daa.asn.au | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| This website has a locater function for Accredited Practising Dietitians (APD) who sees patients privately. Patients can search for a dietitian in a certain location by following these steps (or by calling 1800 812 942). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Go to the DAA website click here to go to the website >> | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Select ‘Find an APD’ from the menu bar on the left. On the ‘Find an APD’ page, use the ‘Location’, ‘State’ or ‘Suburb’ tabs to find a dietitian conveniently located to you. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| White Pages There is a dietitian linked to most Community Health Services in Victoria. Patients are encouraged to contact their local service and request an appointment to see a dietitian. Sometimes a GP referral letter will be required. A list of Community Health Services and their locations can be found under ‘C’ for ‘Community Health Services’ in the White Pages. Dietitians in Community Health Services usually offer both individual appointments as well as group education sessions. Yellow Pages To find a dietitian conveniently located to you look under ‘dietitians’ in the yellow pages. |
