Oral health training in care homes: does it improve staff confidence to support mouth care?Hodgkiss, SueBrand, VickyO'Malley, LucyDental Health
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...
This study aims to map oral healthcare beliefs among home care services personnel, and have the following question: How do the education level, years of work experience and training in oral health have impact on home care services personnel oral healthcare beliefs? Methods A cross-sectional ...
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...
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 ability to self-care and more complex healthcare needs [2]. However, good...
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 ...
The objective of this study was to determine the oral health knowledge of community parents working as caregivers in family welfare homes and explore their relationship with the oral health of preschoolers under their care. A non-experimental (cross-sectional) study was conducted, which analyzed the...
Nursing homes (NH) in the 21century provide skilled healthcare services for resident populations who are older, frailer, and often suffering from multiple ... DE Jarboe - Dissertations & Theses - Gradworks 被引量: 2发表: 2015年 The impact of nursing students on the health-related quality of...
Oral care 1. Introduction Assessment of oral hygiene indices, dental status, and oral health practices among head and neck cancer patients before initiating their cancer therapies or treatments are lacking in the literature. A strong connection between oral disease and poor oral hygiene has been repo...