Sustaining oral and systemic health in Residential Aged Care Facilities

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1150240

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Poor oral health is associated with many health problems. Community of Practice members will educate nurse-carer champions who then train direct care staff. The care staff will oversee 2-minutes of teeth cleaning after meals using regular or timed electric toothbrushes, or daily denture care. There will be audits of daily oral care by nurse-carer champions assisted by students, examination of used toothbrushes, regular analyses of gum-based oral bacteria.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2018

End Date: 01-01-2019

Funding Scheme: Translating Research into Practice Fellowships

Funding Amount: $181,065.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Aged Health Care

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

aged care | dementia care | dental health | oral health | training

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