Reducing care-resistant behaviors during oral hygiene in persons with dementia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nursing home residents with dementia are often dependent on others for mouth care, yet will react with care-resistant behavior when receiving assistance. The oral health of these elders deteriorates in the absence of daily oral hygiene, predisposing them to harmful systemic problems such as pneumonia, hyperglycemia, cardiac disease, and cerebral vascular accidents. The purpose of this study is to determine whether care-resistant behaviors can be reduced, and oral health improved, through the application of an intervention based on the neurobiological principles of threat perception and fear response. The intervention, called Managing Oral Hygiene Using Threat Reduction, combines best mouth care practices with a constellation of behavioral techniques that reduce threat pe

SUBMITTER: Jablonski RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3231974 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature