Interventions for Oral Health in Elderly
Bwalei, Mercy (2019)
Bwalei, Mercy
2019
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2019051910548
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2019051910548
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Oral health is a state of being free from mouth pain and other oral related diseases. Oral health affects older peoples’ quality of life, general health and wellbeing. Older people frequently experience oral conditions such as tooth loss, tooth decay, gum disease, dry mouth and oral cancers.
The purpose of this study is to promote oral health among the elderly. The aim of this study is to explore on the developed interventions for inadequate oral health of the el-derly in the nursing homes through caregivers, oral health professionals, other health professionals, and developed interventions.
The research method is a descriptive literature review. The database used for this study is from EBSCO, PubMed and SAGE. A thematic analysis method is used for data analysis. The articles selected are scientific, written in English, full text and peer re-viewed.
Findings indicate that managing oral care in nursing homes is poor due to the barriers such as lack of time, workload, lack of motivation and interest to provide oral care, in-accessibility to services, lack of knowledge and cooperation from the residents. Healthy behavior like brushing of teeth daily, steady use of systematic and topical fluoride and restricted consumption of sugar are the most successful routines to prevent oral diseases and diminish poor oral health.
The purpose of this study is to promote oral health among the elderly. The aim of this study is to explore on the developed interventions for inadequate oral health of the el-derly in the nursing homes through caregivers, oral health professionals, other health professionals, and developed interventions.
The research method is a descriptive literature review. The database used for this study is from EBSCO, PubMed and SAGE. A thematic analysis method is used for data analysis. The articles selected are scientific, written in English, full text and peer re-viewed.
Findings indicate that managing oral care in nursing homes is poor due to the barriers such as lack of time, workload, lack of motivation and interest to provide oral care, in-accessibility to services, lack of knowledge and cooperation from the residents. Healthy behavior like brushing of teeth daily, steady use of systematic and topical fluoride and restricted consumption of sugar are the most successful routines to prevent oral diseases and diminish poor oral health.