09-25

=**Oral Health in Aged Care**= toc NSW Dental Assistants' (Professional) Assn

**Contact**
Barbara Hayes bhayes@nswdaa.asn.au

**Category**
Empowering learners

**Business Partner**
NSW Community Services and Health ITAB

Executive summary
NSW Dental Assisting Assn (DAA) in partnership with NSW Community Services and Health ITAB (CSHITAB) has developed an e-learning solution for training for oral and dental health care of aged care residents. Currently there is no targeted oral health education offered to aged care workers who oversee daily management of aged residents. The improvements in dental services and greater focus on oral health in recent years have led to an increasing number of aged residents retaining their natural dentition. A priority for aged care workers now, is to support aged care residents with daily best practice oral health care and management.