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Hindawi Publishing Corporation Nursing Research and Practice Volume 2012, Article ID 368356, 11 pages doi:10.1155/2012/368356 Research Article Action Planning for Daily Mouth Care in Long-Term Care: The Brushing Up on Mouth Care Project Mary E. McNally,1, 2 Ruth Martin-Misener,3 Christopher C. L. Wyatt,4 Karen P. McNeil,2 Sandra J. Crowell,2 Debora C. Matthews,1 and Joanne B. Clovis5 1 Faculty of Dentistry, Dalhousie University, P.O. Box 15000, Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 4R2 2 Atlantic Health Promotion Research Centre, Dalhousie University, P.O. Box 15000, Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 4R2 3 School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Professions, Dalhousie University, P.O. Box 15000, Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 4R2 4 Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia, 2329 West Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4 5 School of Dental Hygiene, Faculty of Dentistry, Dalhousie University, P.O. Box 15000, Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 4R2 Correspondence should be addressed to Mary E. McNally, mary.mcnally@dal.ca Received 22 December 2011; Accepted 19 January 2012 Academic Editor: Rita Jablonski Copyright © 2012 Mary E. McNally et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Research focusing on the introduction of daily mouth care programs for dependent older adults in long-term care has met with limited success. There is a need for greater awareness about the importance of oral health, more education for those providing oral care, and organizational structures that provide policy and administrative support for daily mouth care. The purpose of this paper is to describe the establishment of an oral care