Understand and plan
Record what the resident can do, the help they prefer and any problems the team needs to watch.
Smaturity Oral Care
From an oral-care concern to the right help.
Smaturity helps care homes notice oral-care needs, involve the right people and make sure each resident receives the support they need.
One continuous pathway
- 01Understand
- 02Plan
- 03Help
- 04Notice
- 05Ask for help
- 06Connect
- 07Check again
Personal to each residentTheir needs and preferences shape their care.
The right helpSupport is brought in when it is needed.
People remain in chargeCare teams make and check every important decision.
One joined-up approach
Daily care, with clear next steps.
Oral care continues every day. Smaturity helps everyone understand what a resident needs, notice changes and know what should happen next.
Support and notice
Show staff how to help with daily mouth care and make it easy to record changes or concerns.
Ask for more help
Make it clear who will respond, what they need to do and when it should happen.
Check what happened
Follow the concern through, confirm that help was provided and record the outcome.
Getting the right help
Bring in extra support when it is needed.
Sometimes the care team needs help from another person or service. Smaturity helps everyone understand what is needed, who is dealing with it and what happens next.
- Explain the needSay what help is required, who needs it and how soon.
- Find the right helpInvolve someone with the right skills and availability.
- Name the person responsibleMake it clear who will take the next step.
- Check the outcomeRecord what was done and whether anything else is needed.
Made for everyone involved
Clear for care teams. Better joined up for residents.
Know how to help and when to ask someone else for support.
See who is dealing with each concern and what still needs to be done.
Know that personal choices and changing needs remain part of the care provided.
Receive a clear request and the information they need to respond.
People stay in control
Technology can help. People make the decisions.
A person checksA trained person reviews every important suggestion before anyone acts.
People work within their roleEveryone only carries out work they are trained and allowed to do.
Unclear information is checkedSmaturity asks for help when information is missing or does not match.
A clear history is keptThe team can see what was raised, who responded and what happened.
Start with what happens today
Tell us how oral care works in your home.
We can look together at what works well, where concerns become delayed and whether Smaturity could help.
Talk to our team