
Challenges to Oral Healthcare for Older People in Domiciliary Settings in the Next 20 Years: A General Dental Practitioner's Perspective
This 'In my opinion' paper has been written by a general dental practitioner who, prior to his recent retirement, had a particular interest in the provision of domiciliary oral healthcare. The paper describes the rapid rise in the number of elderly people with mental illness and the
increasingly dentate older population who pose new challenges for dentists and carers. It considers the different types of care homes for the elderly, challenges, barriers to care and the provision of care in homes for the elderly and those with dementia. It goes on to reflect on the need
for training carers, the role of technicians, and costs. It suggests that there is a need to review treatment planning for those in the early stages of mental illness and improve the availability of domiciliary care. There is a need also to review training and support for carers in the maintenance
of oral health. Its final suggestion is that all of these issues are pressing and will become more so over the next 20 years as the population ages.
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Keywords: CARE OF ELDERLY; DENTURES; DOMICILIARY CARE; KEY WORKERS; TECHNICIANS
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: General Dental Practitioner, Folkestone, Kent, UK.
Publication date: 01 July 2012
- Primary Dental Care is the research journal of the Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK), and the only peer-reviewed journal dedicated wholly to research in primary care dentistry. The aim of the journal is to promote academic and research aspects of primary dental care by publishing relevant peer-reviewed papers. In addition, reviews, reports of clinical cases, book reviews, opinions, summaries and abstracts of scientific meetings and news items are included.