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Perceptions of caregivers regarding the importance of dental care for institutionalised seniors
— a pilot study | | Author(s) | Suzanne Reznick, David W Matear |
| Journal title | Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health, vol 122, no 3, September 2002 |
| Pages | pp 170-174 |
| Keywords | Dental services ; Residents [care homes] ; Care homes ; Nursing homes ; Family care ; Attitude ; Cross sectional surveys ; Pilot. |
| Annotation | The type of dental treatment that institutionalised older people receive often depends on decisions made by various stakeholders. These decisions may be based on a perceived need for treatment. This study was designed to investigate the perceptions of primary caregivers as to the relative importance of dental care for institutionalised older people. Those who lived in a long-term care institution, with a dental facility available to them on a daily basis, volunteered information regarding their primary caregivers. 25 primary caregivers participated in a structured telephone interview. All of the caregivers considered emergency dental services and treatment to relieve pain as essential or important services which should be available to institutionalised older people. The following were most commonly ranked in the top three by primary caregivers: emergency dental services; (57%); dental services to relieve pain (48%); cleanings to prevent mouth disease (45%); check-ups including X-rays (45%); dentures to replace missing teeth (33%); and fillings (24%). The study's findings suggest that more effort should be directed at investigating these perceived needs. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-021120211 A |
| Classmark | L8: KX: KW: LHB: P6:SJ: DP: 3KB: 4UC |
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