Improving quality of oral health in care homes

The new guidelines outline the importance of assessing each new resident’s oral health care needs on admission and, furthermore, recording their oral health care needs in their personal plan to ensure they are continually reviewed.

The BSDHT fully supports the new NICE guidance as the organisation believes they are a vital part of providing effective oral health for adults in care homes.

President of the BSDHT, Helen Minnery, commented on the importance of the NICE standards, “These guidelines are a massive step in the right direction to ensure that people in care homes receive the oral health care they need and deserve.

“We feel that there has previously been a lack of effective support and guidance in this area which has led to many care home residents not getting the support they need. At the BSDHT we strongly believe that this is an area of the care system which has been continually lacking and are delighted by this movement.