Oral Health for Older People
The Ausmed Education Learning Centre is accredited with distinction as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. Provider number is P0342.
Details
Course Overview
Oral care is an essential part of nursing care that is sometimes overlooked. Use this Course to refresh your knowledge of why oral care is important and what best practice oral care for older adults involves.
Topics
- Oral landmarks, anatomy and function
- Oral disease in older adults
- Maintaining best practice oral care for older adults
Need
Good oral health in older people contributes to a sense of wellbeing; it facilitates better fluid and nutritional intake, assists with communication and has been shown to enhance quality of life. Despite this, the oral health of older people is an often-neglected part of nursing care.
Oral care is sometimes considered less important than other nursing priorities and the quality of oral care being delivered usually depends on the health professional's knowledge of oral hygiene and willingness to attend to this fundamental basic care need.
Health professionals are encouraged to integrate best practice oral care into their routine practice, however in order to do so, they may need to refresh their knowledge of oral hygiene and why it is fundamental to maintaining health and wellbeing.
Purpose
The purpose of this Course is to ensure that registered nurses and other health professionals maintain best-practice oral care for older adults in all care settings and can identify traditional practice(s) that compromise oral health.
Learning Outcomes
- Explain the importance of good oral care for older people
- Identify common oral problems and their consequences for older people
- Describe best practice with respect to oral care for older people
Target Audience
This Course is designed for registered nurses and other health professionals who care for older people in any setting, particularly residential aged care settings.
Disclosure
No conflict of interest exists for anyone in the position to control content for this activity. Wherever possible, generic or non-proprietary names of medications or products have been used.
Educator
John Banky Visit
Dr John Banky is a dental clinician with more than 40 years of clinical experience in both the private and public sector. He has also published numerous articles on this topic and has delivered presentations to both medical and paramedical audiences about dental presentations of medical conditions.
POOJA SAINI
Useful
Samandeep Ahluwalia
Interesting
Kathleen Bevan
Very informative and in-depth.
Marie Parker
Well delivered and easy to understand learning module that explains and shows why practicing best practice care in oral hygiene is fundamental to maintaining health and wellbeing of the residents for whom we care.
Genette Hobson-Campbell
Very informative, very well presented and thought provoking facts. I most definitely will become more actively involved in the oral hygiene of the clients in my care. Thank you.
Nelin Volmer
Very interesting topic, more information provided and easy to learn.
Deborah Meech
It is essential that Nurses recognise and understand the importance of effective Oral Hygiene as it may present challenges.
Carissa Englebrecht
Good
Julie clutterbuck
OK but a bit long I felt.
Rachel Delahenty
A bit condescending towards nurses but informative