Geriatric Health Experts Validate Oral Neglect Timelines for the Institutionalized Elderly
| Autor: | Ralph V. Katz, Barbara J. Smith, Shulamite Huang, Sharon M. Casey |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Delphi Technique media_common.quotation_subject Delphi method Oral Health Oral health Nursing home resident Neglect 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Homes for the Aged Humans Medicine Aged media_common 030505 public health business.industry Standard of Care Timeline 030206 dentistry Long-Term Care Dental care Nursing Homes Geriatrics Family medicine Oral disease Geriatrics and Gerontology 0305 other medical science business Nursing homes Gerontology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Applied Gerontology. 39:1250-1257 |
| ISSN: | 1552-4523 0733-4648 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0733464819880085 |
| Popis: | The purpose of this follow-up Delphi survey was to have an expert panel of 31 academic geriatric physicians, geriatric nurses, and medical directors of nursing homes evaluate the original timeline set to avoid oral neglect of nursing home residents. The Oral Neglect in Institutionalized Elderly (ONiIE) timelines defined oral neglect as having occurred when >7 days for acute oral diseases/conditions or >34 days for chronic oral disease/conditions had passed between initial diagnosis and offering access to dental care to the long-term care (LTC) nursing home resident. The results of this follow-up Delphi survey validated those originally defined ONiIE timelines as 90% of this panel agreed with the original timelines. This ONiIE definition adds a broad-based validation for the ONiIE timelines for setting an oral health standard of care for institutionalized elderly residents of nursing homes and should now be used to protect the vulnerable elderly residing in LTC nursing homes. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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