Haslina Rani, Tuti Ningseh Mohd-Dom, Tew In Meei, Muhammad Syafiq Asyraf Rosli, Lee Zi Quan, Aznida Firzah Abdul Aziz, Siti Aisya Athirah Hassan, Nur Saadah Mohamad Aun
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Investigating the Challenges and Opportunities of Domiciliary Oral Care for the Older Adults: A Scoping Review.
Background/objectives: Older adults need specialised dental care due to age-related changes and chronic conditions, but inadequate coordination and capacity hinder access to domiciliary oral care. This review explores the characteristics, barriers, facilitators, caregiver education, and outcomes of domiciliary oral care to improve services for frail older adults.
Methods: A systematic scoping search was conducted following the PRISMA guidelines. A literature search was performed to identify the key search terms and the databases that were relevant to the objectives. A total of 454 documents were retrieved, 31 of which were included in the final synthesis.
Results: Overall, the barriers and facilitators in delivering domiciliary dental service for the elderly can be categorised into four groups: system, oral healthcare provider, caregiver, and patient. Having policies or guidelines supporting domiciliary oral care was one of the most frequently reported factors. Six studies reported outcomes of educational programme for caregivers and all were with positive results.
Conclusions: The review highlights the need for a multi-pronged approach involving the healthcare system, oral healthcare providers, caregivers, and older adults themselves to improve access to and quality of oral healthcare services for this vulnerable population.
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Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032) is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal (free for readers), which publishes original theoretical and empirical work in the interdisciplinary area of all aspects of medicine and health care research. Healthcare publishes Original Research Articles, Reviews, Case Reports, Research Notes and Short Communications. We encourage researchers to publish their experimental and theoretical results in as much detail as possible. For theoretical papers, full details of proofs must be provided so that the results can be checked; for experimental papers, full experimental details must be provided so that the results can be reproduced. Additionally, electronic files or software regarding the full details of the calculations, experimental procedure, etc., can be deposited along with the publication as “Supplementary Material”.
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