Oral hygiene care status of elderly with dementia and in residential aged care facilities

Gerodontology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Philip, Philcy ^a   Rogers, Clive ^b   Kruger, Estie ^a   Tennant, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

aged care; dementia; disability; oral hygiene

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVER; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DISABLED PERSON; GINGIVITIS; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MOUTH HYGIENE; PERIODONTICS; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DENTAL PLAQUE; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; DISABLED PERSONS; GINGIVITIS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; ORAL HYGIENE; PERIODONTAL INDEX; TOOTHBRUSHING; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 82355166581     PISSN: 07340664     EISSN: 17412358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-2358.2011.00472.x     Document Type: Article

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