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Oral Health Assessment by Lay Personnel for Older Adults
Published on: February 2, 2020
Integrating oral care into nursing practice in care homes
Keiko Oda1, Michal Boyd1, John Parsons1
1Department of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Abstract:
This article details a narrative review that explored the barriers to and facilitators of integration of oral care into nursing practice in care homes to enhance nurses' delivery of oral care. Three themes were identified: gaps in oral care protocols and the complexity of nursing oral care; how interprofessional collaboration and education can improve oral care; and limitations and unresolved issues in nurses' oral care training. The review found that interprofessional collaboration and education were important in normalising oral care practice and nurse leadership in care homes. Nurse-led interprofessional oral care could enhance the quality of care in care homes by advancing interprofessional collaboration and education, coordinating care and improving organisational support.
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