Our Role
In the hospital setting!
If a person is admitted to hospital we act as Clinical Dietitians.
Our role is to determine the need of each patient and to see to it that their nutrition prescription supplies adequate macro and micro nutrients and is aligned with his biochemistry and other data.
It is important to know that nobody else can conclude that a patient gets in the right food or enough food. It might look to be true if the patient eats everything on their plate, but it is often the case that their plate of food alone is not supplying sufficient nutrients, whether it be protein, total energy or certain micro nutrients.
It is important to know that nobody else can conclude that a patient gets in the right food or enough food. It might look to be true if the patient eats everything on their plate, but it is often the case that their plate of food alone is not supplying sufficient nutrients, whether it be protein, total energy or certain micro nutrients.
What we aim for
It's our goal to create a comfortable, safe environment where we'll work together to achieve your goals.Patients First
Better outcomes for our patients
Shorter Stay
A shorter hospital bed time – called a “shorter length of stay”
Cost Effective
We save medical aids money by optimizing nutritional status; the better the nutritional status, the quicker the patient will heal.
We are available
Ilsabé Spoelstra dietitians is available 365 days of the year in the hospital setting. WE ARE ALWAYS AVAILABLE. We are a team who empower each other; together we are stronger.
What we offer
- We teach clients every aspect of good health and nutrition.
- We teach clients practical methods of planning and preparing tasty, healthy meals for the whole family.
- We do scientific and personalized nutrition supplementation planning for clients and families.
- We do nutritional treatment of specific diseases.
- We use applicable medical and nutritional tests when needed to support treatment.
- We provide critical nutrition support to patients in intensive care, by means of medical nutrition therapy. We prescribe enteral feeding (peg or tube) or parenteral (intravenous) feeding, or supplemental parenteral feeding (combining intravenous feeding with other modes of feeding). Clinical nutrition expertise makes a difference in the outcome.
- We cover the full spectrum of nutrition. Feeding ranges from oral intake to tube feedings or intravenous feeding where required.
- We accompany the patient in hospital on his route to recovery.
- We consult clients in our consulting rooms.