Clinical Nutrition Program

Details about our one-on-one services are below this notice. Current virtual program offering – you can watch the presentation on the Mediterranean Diet on YouTube by clicking here. https://youtu.be/zyQm3xGV7CMs:

About the Clinical Nutrition program

Registered dietitians are university trained, to provide evidence-based advice and counselling about diet, food and nutrition.

Our Registered Dietitians provide a wide range of counselling services including:

Nutrition across the lifespan – pregnancy, infant and child nutrition, picky eating, older adult care e.g. unintentional weight loss, malnutrition
Digestion problems such as irritable bowel syndrome, acid reflux, Celiac Disease, diverticulitis etc.,
Food allergies or intolerances
Nutritional deficiencies such as iron deficiency

How to Access: No Physician Referral is Required

Physician, Nurse Practitioner or NFHT Clinician referral
Self-referral by phone or in person

Program Activities and Services:

Individual visits (in person, home or telephone) for assessment, management and teaching related to nutritional concern
Group workshops

Goals for Participants:

Achievement of best possible nutritional status
Management of nutrition related condition(s)

Team:

Registered Dietitians

Patient Resources

Unlock Food www.unlockfood.ca

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COVID 19 Updates

Covid Shot Appointments now available!

To register for our Covid Vaccination Clinic, fill out the form on this link and we will contact you. You call-back may come up as an unlisted number because our staff works virtually. If you already filled out a form in the past, give us a call, we still have your information. https://forms.gle/FnhJfWkU3xyiVkXSA

Please do not call, unless you are returning our call, so we can keep our phone lines free for virtual care.

For all other groups, or to go to a mass vaccination clinic like the Cobourg Community Centre, please use the Provincial booking system for Covid-19 Vaccinations. Go to Ontario.ca/bookvaccine. Or you can call 1-888-999-6488.

The CCC, or any mass clinic, will drop off the provincial list if they no longer have available appointments for current vaccine supply. As vaccine supply comes in, more appointments are loaded into the systems. Do check back. For information on all eligible groups and local pharmacies also booking Covid vaccinations please go the HKPRDHU site click here.

Read an interview about these new vaccines with our Dr. Smith, the COVID-19 Vaccine Physician Lead for NFHT.

To Volunteer at the CCC clinic please go to https://northumberland.io/

Local COVID-19 Testing Centres Go To Appointment Only

For information about how to get a test, or see a primary care provider about symptoms at the NHH COVID-19 Assessment Centre or at the Trent Hills COVID-19 Testing Centre, and to find about more about local testing coordination efforts, please click here to read the latest news release from the Ontario Health Team of Northumberland.

How to reach a Doctor

For those with or without a family doctor, individuals in Northumberland can use the new website northumberlandcare.com to find the best way to reach a family doctor or nurse practitioner during the COVID-19 outbreak. Click here for the press release.Northumberland Care Press Release 2020-03-22

Groups & Webinars

For our easy-to-use Zoom guide for groups click here.

Mindfulness:Producing Motivation and Confidence free zoom webinar June 23 at 10:30 am. To register click here.

CBT Isomnia: New sessions Wednesdays: June 30, July 14, 21 and 28^th 1:30 to 3:00pm in this free zoom program. For more information and to register email kbeale@nfht.ca or call 289-252-2139.

Cultivating Happiness During Covid: free zoom series starts May 26 at 1 pm. To register and for details about the program click here.

Making Virtual Connections Support Group: Connect with others weekly and enjoy thoughtful conversation and support while relaxing, sharing and learning. Ongoing, always weclomes new members – To join group click here.

Coping with Tough Emotions: free zoom webinar on July 5 at 12pm. Click here to register.

To view previous webinars please see our YouTube Channel .

UNMASKING THE TRUTH: how to properly reuse, store and wash your cloth mask
NFHT’s Brooke Mitchell, D.Ch and Tanis Twiddy, NP created this webinar. For a copy of the presentation including video links, please click here. Click here for a highlight poster of Fast facts for masks.

What’s Happening in Our Community

The Colborne outreach clinic will open April 6. Learn more, including the services planned for this location by clicking here.

Assess the risk of visiting others during the pandemic – use this online tool developed by experts to determine the risk level of a visit, particularly to seniors or those with chronic illness. www.covidvisitrisk.com

Grocery shopping for seniors only and delivery service is available in Northumberland’s stores. Click here for a detailed list of hours.

MASKS HELP PROTECT YOU AND ME

To learn more about personal preventative measures against Covid 19, including where it is mandatory to wear a mask, please see the Ontario Health Team Northumberland’s press release here.

If you have an in-person appointment with a health care provider at any of the NFHT offices, please wear your own mask (homemade or otherwise). Please ensure the mask covers both your nose and mouth. These infection control protocols are to protect our patients and staff during the COVID-19 pandemic.

CALL FOR DONATED CLOTH MASKS

The OHTN is collecting donated cloth masks. For more information about the program and information on how to make a mask please click here. New drop off locations:

BRIGHTON –Community Care Northumberland –46 Prince Edward Street (arrange drop-off –613-475-4190, brighton@commcare.ca)

CAMPBELLFORD –Community Living Campbellford–65 Bridge Street East (call in advance -705.653.1821, ext 203)

COBOURG -Northumberland Hills Hospital’s main entrance, 1000 DePalma Drive–between 8 AM and 8 PM daily