774 KEEP SMILING! IMPROVING ORAL HEALTH ON AN ACUTE MEDICINE FOR THE ELDERLY WARD

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Abstract Good oral health in older patients is important for numerous reasons including facilitating fluid and nutritional intake, communication quality of life. It an essential component providing holistic care should be a daily requirement during hospital admission. Poor leads to adverse outcomes periodontitis, tooth loss, pneumonia cardiovascular disease. Frail, elderly those with dementia are at increased risk poor health. Our group decided undertake improvement work improve our patient’s their stay. Baseline data was collected acute medicine the ward which looked variety factors influence good This included access drink, nursing assessment dentition on admission review mouth documented by medical staff. Following this, we implemented educational session staff promote care. Results showed ensuring had drink within arm’s reach (94% 100%). Daily also from 0% 24%. Conclusion We have made small steps improving documentation whilst hospital. There still need further order minimise complications associated undertaken sessions colleagues plan introduce ‘oral champion’ as part ongoing work.

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عنوان ژورنال: Age and Ageing

سال: 2022

ISSN: ['1468-2834', '0002-0729']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afac034.774