Readily Identifiable Risk Factors of Nursing Home Residents’ Oral Hygiene: Dementia, Hospice, and Length of Stay

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: The poor oral hygiene of nursing home (NH) residents is a matter of increasing concern, especially due to its relationship to pneumonia and other health events. Because details and related risk factors in this area are scant, and providers need to be able to easily identify th...

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Published in:J Am Geriatr Soc
Main Authors: Zimmerman, Sheryl, Austin, Sophie, Cohen, Lauren, Reed, David, Poole, Patricia, Ward, Kimberly, Sloane, Philip D.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5800408/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29023625
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jgs.15061
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