Posts Tagged ‘Care Home’
Oxfordshire watchdog calls for urgent improvements in care home dental services
A health watchdog based in Oxfordshire has called for urgent improvements in care home dental services. Healthwatch Oxfordshire claims that a new survey has revealed that a substantial number of residents in the county’s 138 care homes are not receiving the dental care they require, with many residents not visiting dentists at all. The watchdog […]
Queensland dentist issues warning over dental care ‘time bomb’
A dentist from Queensland has issued a warning over an impending time bomb, which is due to hit as a result of poor standards of oral healthcare for older people. Greg Moore, from Rockhampton, claims that elderly people are being let down, as a result of poor provision of dental care in care homes and […]
