Poor hygiene in nursing homes has many implications for resident health, affecting nearly every facet of well-being. From ...

Equipping nursing home staff with proper training and techniques to provide effective oral care to residents reduced the number of pneumonia cases at facilities during the first year of a two-year ...

The need for oral healthcare treatment for nursing home residents is well-documented. Researchers wanted to see if a preventive and curative program that included visits from a mobile dental team and ...

Healthcare workers at nursing homes face a major challenge when helping older adults to maintain their oral hygiene. This has been shown in a study conducted at the University of Gothenburg, which ...

Clark’s business, Mobile Dental Hygiene PDX, is one of a handful of mobile dental practices in the city, designed for people ...

Oral health is essential to healthy aging, yet a ¨silent epidemic of oral diseases¨ disproportionately burdens older adults residing in long-term care facilities. Access to dental care in these ...

DEAR ABBY: My mother has Alzheimer's. She has been in a nursing home for 10 years. I feel sorry for her because she can't verbalize that her teeth are killing her, but I can see the pain in her face ...