Improving Mouth Care in Nursing Homes

Improving Nursing Home Residents' Oral Hygiene

CONCLUSIONS/RELEVANCE. The NH residents' baseline status indicated a need for improved oral hygiene and denture cleanliness. The mouth care intervention was ...

ORAL HEALTH IN NURSING HOMES: WHAT WE KNOW AND ...

A recent study provided evidence that regular professional brushing every 2 weeks by a dental nurse improves oral health in nursing home residents and can ...

Providing Dental Care for Older Adults in Long Term Care

Why is Oral Health. Important? Dental disease is common in the nursing home and homebound population. •Dental health is important because dental ...

Improving the Oral Health of Long Term Care Facility Residents

This article will prepare dental professionals to deliver meaningful oral health education in LTCFs — with a focus on providing LTCF staff with ...

Overcoming Oral Hygiene Challenges in the Nursing Home

Nursing staff and certified nursing assistants are trained in identifying the residents' ability to participate in tooth brushing, with a goal of improving the ...

Improving Mouth Care in Nursing Homes: Pilot Testing to Pragmatic ...

What is the status of mouth care for people who are dependent? In Nursing Homes, an Epidemic of Poor Dental Hygiene. By Catherine Saint Louis.

Nursing Home Oral Health | The College of Dentistry

One of the greatest barriers to good oral health is simply ensuring daily oral hygiene. Most nursing home residents are unable to brush their ...

Improving oral health for adults in care homes - NICE

Care staff knowledge and skills ... Brush their natural teeth at least twice a day with fluoride toothpaste. ... Use their choice of cleaning products for dentures.

Oral health care interventions for older adults living in nursing homes

Despite a documented low oral health-related quality of life among older nursing home residents, oral health promotion programs show promise in addressing this ...

Mouth Care Without a Battle

First-of-its-kind UNC study finds oral hygiene training can significantly reduce pneumonia in nursing homes · Improving mouth care in New York: Nursing home ...

Changing the Culture of Mouth Care: Mouth Care Without a Battle

In addition, the gums and tongue should be cleaned with gauze pads and the dentures should be cleaned. In terms of frequency, it is generally sufficient to ...

Improving Evidence-Based Oral Health of Nursing Home Residents ...

This report discusses implementation of the quality improvement project, which improved the quality of daily mouth care provided to nursing home residents.

Effectiveness of a Mouth Care Program Provided by Nursing Home ...

The lack of significant results in the second year may be associated with sustainability. Improving mouth care in US NHs may require the ...

Improving oral health in nursing home residents: A process ...

Older people with aged natural dentition require preventive and curative oral health care. An intervention based on principles of situated ...

Improving Oral Care in Nursing Homes May Reduce Pneumonia ...

To help address the problem of oral health in nursing homes, Dr. Sloane and colleagues developed the Mouth Care Without a Battle program (see ...

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR LONg-TERM CARE FACILITIES

It offers guidance to long-term care facilities to improve overall oral health status among their residents. The Centers for Disease Control and.

Improving mouth care in New York: Nursing home staff successfully ...

A “boots on the ground” project conducted in 22 NY nursing homes by The Foundation for Quality Care provides tips about implementing Mouth Care Without a ...

Supporting better oral care in care homes - the Care Inspectorate

These can include, for example, heart disease, diabetes, dementia, malnutrition and pneumonia. People living in care homes are at greater risk of oral health ...

A journey to improve oral care with best practices in long-term care

Between January 2010 and July 2011, a registered dental hygienist and Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) best practice coordinator set out on a ...

Hands-On Solutions for Long-Term Care Nurses Providing Oral ...

Proper and consistent oral hygiene has been shown to reduce pneumonia in nursing homes, improve swallowing, enhance cough sensitivity, and to improve saliva ...