Oral health care and status of elderly care home residents in Glasgow

Community Dental Health

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-42

  Sweeney, M Petrina ^a   Williams, C ^b   Kennedy, C ^a   Macpherson, L M D ^a   Turner, S ^c   Bagg, J ^a  

^a GLASGOW DENTAL HOSPITAL AND SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS FORTH VALLEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care home; Elderly; Nursing staff; Oral care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH STATUS; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOUTH DISEASE; MOUTH HYGIENE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING HOME; RESIDENTIAL HOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DENTAL CARE FOR AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HEALTH FACILITY ADMINISTRATORS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MOUTH DISEASES; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING HOMES; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL HYGIENE; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; SCOTLAND;

EID: 33947241341     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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