Care home managers were also less likely to rate oral health as a high priority, compared to other healthcare areas.Conclusions: The results of this study show that, in a large proportion of care homes for older people in Scotland, the provision of oral healthcare and support for oral ...
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 fo
Oral health problems are common among care-dependent older adults living in nursing homes. Developing strategies to prevent the deterioration of oral health is therefore crucial to avoid pain and tooth loss. A standardized work widely used in nursing homes in Sweden is the quality register Senior A...
Aims and Objectives: The Fife Oral Health Care Award was developed to promote and improve oral health in care homes, by enhancing the knowledge and understanding of care home staff, and the capacity of care homes to deliver optimal oral health care. Design: The Fife Oral Health Care Award wa...
This cross-sectional analytic survey primarily intended to determine the degree of dissemination of the NHSQIS best practice statement (BPS) to care homes (N) within the Greater Glasgow & Clyde area. In addition, the attitude, confidence and current training levels of care home (N) staff in ...
Conclusion The integration of oral health care into day-to-day care seems to be a major problem due to a multitude of barriers. In future implementation innovations in oral health care an a priori assessment of influencing factors is recommended. 展开 关键词: oral health care nursing homes ...
Before 1994, the health care services, oral health included, were fully funded by the government. Thereafter, the policy on cost sharing in health was intro- duced, by which patients aged six years and above are required to pay for their health care. Along with this pol- icy, patients ...
These must be considered the two greatest weaknesses in the dental service for the elderly in the old people's homes studied. The ignorance among the directors of the importance of oral health was alarming: only one fifth considered dental care of the elderly more important than services such ...
Prospective study of lower respiratory tract infections in an extended-care nursing home program: potential role of oral ciprofloxacin. Infections of the lower respiratory tract pose an important problem in nursing homes. Despite the magnitude of this problem, few, if any, antibiotic studie... PK ...
The aim of the study was to evaluate the realistic oral treatment need in a population in southern Sweden enrolled in long-term care (LTC), in nursing homes (NH), or home care (HC), taking into consideration treatment intention. Every third individual enrolled in LTC was selected after prop...