This section contains links to care home-related publications. The documents for care home managers include care home policy templates, a quality assurance checklist and a baseline assessment to help care home managers put NICE guidance into practice. This section led by Health Education England includes training slides, a manual with further information, recorded webinars and a catalogue of online videos to support oral health training. This section provides links to oral health information for care home residents and their families, friends and carers. Survey Binder Checklist: COVID-19 Focused Survey for Nursing Homes On March 13, 2020, President Trump declared a national emergency as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Care home residents and their loved ones, families, friends and carers The toolkit consists of the 5 sections below. It’s a live document, with further resources added as they become available. The oral health toolkit includes training materials, templates and links to publications. Oral health toolkit for adults in care homes
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The implementation framework includes oral health care and what best practice looks like.įor local advice on how to improve oral health in care homes contact your consultant in dental public health in your PHE centre. The NHS Long Term Plan (2019) contained a commitment as part of the Ageing Well Programme to roll out Enhanced Health in Care Homes across England. The NHS long term plan highlights that individuals need to be supported to have good oral health, stay well hydrated and well-nourished. The report contained recommendations to improve the oral health of care home residents, including the implementation of the NICE guideline Oral health for adults in care homes. The Care Quality Commission report Smiling matters: oral health care in care homes showed that too many people living in care homes were not being supported to maintain and improve their oral health. Maintaining good oral health throughout life and into older age improves general health and wellbeing, and plays an important part in helping people stay independent.