Journal article
A concept analysis of oral hygiene care in dependent older adults
Abstract
AIM: To report a concept analysis of oral hygiene care.
BACKGROUND: Oral hygiene care, as it is provided to older patients in hospital and long-term care settings by nurses and their delegates, has the potential to contribute to the oral health of patients while preventing aspiration pneumonia as well as periodontitis, which itself has been associated with several systemic diseases. However, the state of oral cleanliness in such patients tends …
Authors
Coker E; Ploeg J; Kaasalainen S; Fisher A
Journal
Journal of Advanced Nursing, Vol. 69, No. 10, pp. 2360–2371
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
October 2013
DOI
10.1111/jan.12107
ISSN
0309-2402