Improving Elderly�s Dental Hygiene Through Nursing Home Staff�s Dental Health Education at the Nursing Home

applying nursing process at home

extract: most information about family assessment are gathered during home visits have many benefits. one of them is that information about structure and habits of families may be more real when you observe the house and around it to find supportive and obstacles for promotion of family health. in addition family members are often more comprehensive in their home and can better act for their ne...

The Oral Health Self-Care Behavior and Dental Attitudes among Nursing Home Personnel.

The need for nursing home care will increase for the next several decades. Rural areas will be impacted in particular, as many older adults live in rural areas. Daily oral infection control changes when a person moves from independent living to institutional living. Oral care to dependent individuals is influenced by many factors. The purpose of this study is to determine the association of ora...

Nursing Home

Health promotion for the nursing home patient.

BACKGROUND The current nursing home population numbers at least 1.5 million and is growing. Although care of the nursing home patient has been emphasized recently, health promotion activities for these patients appear underused. Current recommendations for health promotion are based on expert opinion, because well-controlled studies to support such activities in the elderly are lacking for most...

Health Information Technology in the Nursing Home