A Guide for Carers of the Elderly

Welcome to Dr Peter Lloyd King's special needs in dentistry website. The DVD, Dental Rescue: A Guide for Carers of the Elderly has been developed in response to Dr King's concern that carers feel ill-equipped to provide oral care to dependent elderly people.

Dental Rescue: A Guide for Carers of the Elderly is an educational dental drama that will amuse, motivate and educate. An ideal tool for orientating professional and non-professional carers in oral health practices, it will develop skills in dental hygiene and denture care; identify how to prevent dental problems occurring; teach management strategies for residents with challenging behaviours; address occupational health and safety issues; and give an appreciation of how oral health affects well being. Dental Rescue: A Guide for Carers of the Elderly is captioned for deaf and hard of hearing audiences.

Available on DVD, Dental Rescue: A Guide for Carers of the Elderly was written and directed by Dr Peter Lloyd King BDS MDS FICD. Dr King is a special needs dentist based in Newcastle, in the Hunter region of NSW, Australia. With fifteen years experience in the field of oral health promotion, Dental Rescue has the oral health messages, tips and instruction needed to help carers look after both natural teeth and dentures of dependent elderly people.

Dental Rescue: A Guide for Carers of the Elderly acknowledges the integrity of people with dementia and addresses the problems elderly people face with their teeth and mouths. Maintaining the oral hygiene of people with dementia is complex, requires special care and often rests in the hands of carers. Carers in aged care facilities, nursing homes or private homes, will benefit from viewing this 23-minute DVD training program.

Browse this site to familiarise children and people with disabilities to Dr King’s surgery and to his Hunter Valley Private Hospital general anaesthetic service. Look up recent dental care articles published by Dr King and find out about useful oral health resources for children and people with disabilities.