GAPNA 2020 National President Deborah Dunn, EdD, MSN, GNP-BC, ACNS-BC, GS-C interviews Dr. Ron Billano Ordona, DNP, FNP-BC about providing home-based primary care during COVID 19.
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Poor oral health for all older adults can result in higher risk for heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and oral cancer.
Findings from this study indicated older veterans needed to improve their oral hygiene habits but barriers to oral hygiene performance prevented them from receiving and performing oral hygiene measures.
To learn more, see Jennings (2015). Assessing oral hygiene in hospitalized older veterans. MEDSURG Nursing, 24(6), 420-424.
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