Oral care provided by certified nursing assistants in nursing homes

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 138-143

  Coleman, Patricia ^a,b   Watson, Nancy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Certified nursing assistants; Nursing homes; Oral health care

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL FLOSS; DENTIST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING HOME; REGISTERED NURSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOOTH BRUSHING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING HOMES; ORAL HYGIENE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645129061     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.00565.x     Document Type: Article

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