Nursing home executive directors' perception of oral care in long-term care facilities

Special Care in Dentistry

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 111-117

  Pyle, Marsha A ^a   Jasinevicius, T Roma ^a   Sawyer, Danny R ^a   Madsen, Jason ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Elderly; Long term care facilities; Nursing homes; Oral health perceptions; Oral hygiene

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LONG TERM CARE; MANAGER; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NURSING HOME; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; REVIEW; SATISFACTION; SCALE UP; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DENTAL CARE FOR AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; OHIO; ORAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 18244371671     PISSN: 02751879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-4505.2005.tb01420.x     Document Type: Review

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