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, ...
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...
Oral health, including oral hygiene, of older adults is generally poor. Most common oral health problems are tooth loss, dental caries, periodontal disease, dry mouth and mucosal lesions [1]. This is particularly true for those living in nursing homes, partly as a result of their reduced abil...
Oral health among older adults in nursing homes: A survey in a national quality register, the Senior Alertgeriatric nursingolder peopleoral careoral healthrisk assessmentsAim To investigate the extent to which the Revised Oral Assessment Guide–Jnkping (ROAG㎎) is used by nursing staff routinely ...
[9] reported that on average, 82% of all the adults who had attended the oral health care facilities in Tanzania had sought emergency oral care at least once during their lifetime. In an interview of families who lived in a catchment area of a rural health centre which had ren- dered ...
Requires SNF to provide dental care Does not apply to group homes or ALF Age-related changes in oral health Tooth lossUntreated dental cariesPeriodontal diseaseXerostomia-Candidiasis infection-wears dentures-Orofacial pain TMJ (jaw joint)-Facial oral sores-Toothache-Burning mouth-Self-related oral heal...
Oral healthMental healthOnly a little is known about the tooth brushing behaviors and oral health care of people with early childhood autism (P-EA). To remedy this, a survey was carried out with P-EA of all ages.#In summer 2021, an online survey questionnaire with 124 questions, addressed...
Increasingly more adults are reaching advanced age with natural teeth, at least partly due to constant developments in oral healthcare. Although edentulism is declining, many older adults are still edentulous, especially in long-term care facilities (LTCF) [2]. Edentulism and partial tooth loss ...
Standards of knowledge of oral care provision for the elderly within care homes in the West of Scotland has been identified as sub-optimal. Oral health educator training based upon the NHSQIS 'protocol for daily oral care' was demonstrated to improve knowledge and attitudes of surveyed staff. ...
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...