Book
The oral health of older adults with dementia
Dental statistics and research series, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
2005
Abstract
The emergence of dementia as a key issue in Australian aged care has been acknowledged
with the ongoing restructuring of aged care services in Australia. Several international
geriatric dental studies have documented the complex oral health problems of older
adults with dementia living in both the community and institutional long-term aged care.
From previously conducted, mainly cross-sectional, geriatric dental investigations of older
adults with dementia, it appeared that the specific diagnosis of dementia did not seem to
be as influential on oral health as was the severity of dementia. However, there have been
no international or Australian dental longitudinal studies following the movement of a
large number of community-dwelling older adults with dementia over time into
residential care
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The oral health of older adults with dementia
- Creators
- Jane ChalmersKnute D CarterA John Spencer - University of Adelaide
- Resource Type
- Book
- Publisher
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare; Canberra
- Series
- Dental statistics and research series
- ISBN
- 9781740244626; 1740244621
- Number of pages
- xiii, 104 pages
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2005
- Academic Unit
- Biostatistics
- Record Identifier
- 9984227041502771
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