Abstract
Good oral hygiene has an impact on the overall health of residents in long-term care;
however, significant improvement is needed in nursing homes. A “boots on the ground”
project was developed that incorporates Mouth Care without a Battle, an evidence-based
approach to person-centered daily mouth care, into 22 New York State nursing homes
using a coaching model with part-time dental hygienists. This report discusses implementation
of the quality improvement project, which improved the quality of daily mouth care
provided to nursing home residents, as well as changed the knowledge and attitudes
of the staff providing their care, all supported by regional dental hygienist coaches.
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Publication history
Published online: November 25, 2019
Footnotes
This work was supported by New York State Health Foundation.
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