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Oral Health and Dental Care in the Ageing Population Palliative and End-of-Life Oral Care and Oral Care Planning

Oral Health and Dental Care in the Ageing Population : Palliative and End-of-Life Oral Care and... [Oral health is important throughout life and the end-of-life period is no exception. As people approach end-of-life, oral problems are common and so oral health interventions have the potential to significantly improve and maintain a patient’s quality of life. However, there are additional considerations for this patient cohort including potentially different goals of treatments, an increased need for teamworking in supporting the patient, and a greater importance on flexibility to adapt to the patient’s needs during this constantly changing time of their life. A well-constructed treatment plan incorporating these considerations ensures that the patient is well supported at a time where quality of life is paramount. Regardless of illness, a patient should be actively involved in their own care planning and a process of shared-decision making should be followed which considers their health, personal views, preferences and ability to access and tolerate treatment.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Oral Health and Dental Care in the Ageing Population Palliative and End-of-Life Oral Care and Oral Care Planning

Part of the BDJ Clinician’s Guides Book Series
Editors: Doshi, Mili; Geddis-Regan, Andrew
Fitzgerald, Richard; Geddis-Regan, Andrew
Oral Health and Dental Care in the Ageing Population — Oct 6, 2022
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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
ISBN
978-3-031-10223-3
Pages
237 –260
DOI
10.1007/978-3-031-10224-0_11
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Abstract

[Oral health is important throughout life and the end-of-life period is no exception. As people approach end-of-life, oral problems are common and so oral health interventions have the potential to significantly improve and maintain a patient’s quality of life. However, there are additional considerations for this patient cohort including potentially different goals of treatments, an increased need for teamworking in supporting the patient, and a greater importance on flexibility to adapt to the patient’s needs during this constantly changing time of their life. A well-constructed treatment plan incorporating these considerations ensures that the patient is well supported at a time where quality of life is paramount. Regardless of illness, a patient should be actively involved in their own care planning and a process of shared-decision making should be followed which considers their health, personal views, preferences and ability to access and tolerate treatment.]

Published: Oct 6, 2022

Keywords: End of life; Palliative care; Oral health; Care planning; Dentistry

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