Caring For Your Teeth in a Care Homes
Read this guide on how staff can easily improve the oral health of care home residents.
Recently the CQC have found that there needs to be more of a focus on oral health in care homes. You can read more about this here.
What you can do
Here is a quick guide on how staff can easily improve the oral health of care home residents with four simple questions:
- How do you usually manage your daily mouth care and what help would you like?
- What dental aids do you currently use? For example, do you use a manual or electric toothbrush? Do you use mouthwash or floss?
- Do you have dentures and, if so, are they marked with your name? If not, would you like them to be marked?
- When did you last see the dentist? If you don’t have a dentist, would you like help to find one?
Healthwatch England have produced a guide to help people know what oral health care they can expect in care homes.
