Tooth decay and gum disease are two of the most common chronic health conditions in the United States, are reversible and preventable, and impact approximately 68% of older adults nationwide (CDC, 2021; World Health Organization, 2020). While the Affordable Care Act added provisions to health ...
Health care workers at nursing homes face a major challenge when helping older adults to maintain their oral hygiene. This has been shown in astudyconducted at the University of Gothenburg, which concludes that unclear procedures can put oral health at risk. In Sweden,oral health problemsare comm...
Older adults are at an especially high risk for mouth and tooth infections and the complications that can come with these problems. Losing teeth, which is mainly caused by infection, not only leads to changes in our appearance but may also make it harder to chew certain foods. That can make...
We interviewed fifteen stakeholders including state-level policy officials, medical practitioners, dental advocacy organizations, and educators to identify factors influencing oral care provision for older adults in residential settings. The interviews were conducted by two second-year medical students under ...
The objectives of this study were to compare oral frailty (OFr) among edentate and dentate older adults living in long-term care facilities (LTCF) and to clarify how edentulism and oral disease burden (ODB) of dentate older adults are associated with OFr. Methods The population of this study...
There is little knowledge about home care services personnel competencies and beliefs concerning oral healthcare for home-dwelling, dependent older adults. This study aims to map oral healthcare beliefs among home care services personnel, and have the following question: How do the education level, ...
Frailty has been demonstrated to negatively influence dental service-use and oral self-care behavior of older people. The aim of this study was to explore how the type and level of frailty affect the dental service-use and oral self-care behavior of frai
oral health disparities in older adults oral bacteria, inflammation, and aspiration pneumonia 热度: 老年人社会参与和健康老龄化的关系 热度: 相关推荐 OralHealthand OlderAdults W4AAdvisoryCouncilsandStateCouncilonAging October16th,2008 Seniorsareatincreasedriskfororaldisease Poororalhealththroughoutlife–wo...
Perspectives of community-dwelling older adults with dementia and their carers regarding their oral health practices and care: rapid review Introduction Aging of the world population has occurred at an unprecedented rate in the twentieth century and is forecasted to increase further [1]. Given the in...
domiciliary care;elderly;oral health;caregiver 1. Introduction As populations worldwide continue to age, the proportion of older adults is rapidly increasing. Globally, the number of people aged 60 and above is projected to double by 2050, accounting for more than 2 billion individuals [1]. This...