Oral Health Care
The key objective for people working in health and social care is to support individuals with their general health, wellbeing and dignity. Smiling Matters is a Care Quality Commission (CQC) report showing what they found following a review of oral health care in care homes across England. This led to CQC’s recommendation that care worker training includes oral health care.
This course will give you a greater understanding about oral health care. Whilst the content will focus on your role as a care worker, you will also find useful information for you and your family at home. After all, we all have mouths. So, let’s find out more about how to look after them and get you smiling along the way!
The Government has extended the Infection Prevention and Control fund by £546m to reduce Coronavirus infections across the winter. More info here.
Who should take this course?
This course has been designed specifically for Care and Support Workers working in a social care setting. It may also be useful to a wider audience of people who would like to know more about oral health care.
Accreditation
Course Content
By the end of the course, you will:
- What is Oral Health Care and why is it important?
- Oral Health and its effect on general health, wellbeing and dignity
- The potential impact of untreated dental pain and mouth infections
- The potential impact on general health and wellbeing of people with complex needs
- How and when to assess oral health
- Daily mouth care - how and when to deliver this
- When to report oral health care concerns
- How to provide oral care for people with dentures
- People’s changing needs and circumstances
- Documenting oral health care
Aims of the course
At the end of this eLearning you will be able to:
- Describe what oral health care is
- Give examples of how oral health care affects general health, wellbeing and dignity
- Have a basic understanding of the potential impact of untreated dental pain and mouth infections
- Explain the potential impact on general health and wellbeing of people with complex needs
- Understand how and when to assess oral health
- Explain how and when to deliver daily mouth care
- Know when to report oral health care concerns
- Have a basic understanding of providing oral care for people with dentures
- Understand people’s changing needs and circumstances
- Know how and when to document oral health care
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Certification
If you sign in to your account on Click before you take this course, you will be able to take the assessment and immediately access/download your certificate upon completion, which looks like this:
Pricing
Choose a plan below that best suits your needs. If you would like to purchase more than 50 licenses, contact us.
£4
Monthly Plan
- 7 days free access
- Includes ALL courses
- Full accessibility options in over 100 languages
- Training Matrix
- Licences can be recycled
- Price per learner, billed monthly by Direct Debit
- Upgrade to the 12 or 24 Month Plan, at any time
£2
24 Month Plan
- Use coupon code Learning to get 50% discount on first 3 invoices
- Includes ALL courses
- Full accessibility options in over 100 languages
- Training Matrix
- Licences can be recycled
- Price per learner, billed monthly by Direct Debit
£3
12 Month Plan
- Use coupon code Learning to get 50% discount on first 3 invoices
- Includes ALL courses
- Full accessibility options in over 100 languages
- Training Matrix
- Licences can be recycled
- Price per learner, billed monthly by Direct Debit
Accessibility
If you sign in to your account on Click before you take this course, you will be able to change the accessibility settings to suit your needs. This includes translation into 100+ languages, some of which can also be read out loud to you.
Why use Grey Matter Learning?
- Our methodology values previous learning, saving time
- Clever accessibility settings including 100+ languages
- 50+ high quality courses, specially written for care
- Join thousands of services and local authorities
- Proven to reduce staff turnover and improve CQC ratings
- Established 14 years - we know what works
- Skills for Care Centre of Excellence, CPD certification
- No hidden charges, we recycle your licences
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