Improving oral health of institutionalized older people with diagnosed dementia

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 303-308

  Zenthöfer, Andreas ^a   Cabrera, Tomas ^a   Rammelsberg, Peter ^a   Hassel, Alexander Jochen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

dementia; intervention; older people; oral health; oral hygiene

Indexed keywords

AGED; DEMENTIA; DENTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HEALTH; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH HYGIENE; NURSING HOME; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; DENTURES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL HYGIENE;

EID: 84956589251     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2015.1008986     Document Type: Article

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