Home care elderly have poorer oral health than nursing home residents, Study says
Researchers have recently noted that oral health among older people in need of long-term care is poor and should be improved, as published in the Journal of Dentistry.
Previous international studies on the oral health of people in need of LTC focused primarily on the nursing home setting. They found poor oral cleanliness and health as well as a high prevalence of gum, teeth, mucosa, and denture problems. Recent reforms have addressed these issues by strengthening cooperation between dentists and nursing homes as well as increasing remuneration for the provision of dental care to people in need of LTC.
Hence, JonasCzwikla and colleagues from the Department of Health Services Research, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany conducted this study to describe and compare the objective and subjective oral health of older nursing home residents and home care recipients, and to investigate whether oral health is associated with sociodemographic characteristics and the long-term care (LTC) setting.
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