Mouth Care Matters

Person centred care as a priority in services

Mouth Care Matters

Provider: The University of Manchester via FutureLearn

In just six weeks, you will learn why good mouth care matters, how to examine someone else’s mouth and choose the correct equipment for providing the mouth care that they need. You will learn how to clean a mouth, how to care for dentures and how to overcome many of the mouth care challenges that a resistive person can give you.

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