Innovative Approaches to Supporting Oral Health among Older Adults in Long-Term Care
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Global Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2024) | Viewed by 1725
Special Issue Editors
Interests: oral health inequities; lifespan prevention science; community-based participatory research
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The number of older adults living in Long-Term Care (LTC) is increasing, with 1.5 million in the US alone. Supporting oral health for older adults in LTC is complex and interfaces with issues of increasing frailty and decreasing personal agency. Innovative approaches that address the complex drivers of the underlying disease processes that result in reduction in oral disease is vital in this important sub-population. Intervention studies looking at specific therapeutic agents have demonstrated reductions in disease among older adults, but only a few of these studies have targeted residents of LTC facilities. We welcome submissions that speak to the ways in which the highest attainable standard of oral health can be achieved for older adults in LTC through the application of novel systems in the delivery of care or novel applications of new and existing therapies.
Prof. Dr. Michelle Henshaw
Dr. Bethy Turton
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- long-term care
- oral disease
- task shifting
- health surveillance
