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http://dx.doi.org/10.13065/jksdh.20200042

Current status and future tasks of visiting oral health care services for elders  

Lee, Sue-Hyang (Department of Dental Hygiene, College of Dentistry, Gangneung-Wonju National University)
Bae, Soo-Myoung (Department of Dental Hygiene, College of Dentistry, Gangneung-Wonju National University)
Shin, Bo-Mi (Department of Dental Hygiene, College of Dentistry, Gangneung-Wonju National University)
Lee, Hyo-Jin (Department of Dental Hygiene, College of Dentistry, Gangneung-Wonju National University)
Shin, Sun-Jung (Department of Dental Hygiene, College of Dentistry, Gangneung-Wonju National University)
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Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene / v.20, no.4, 2020 , pp. 457-467 More about this Journal
Abstract
Objectives: This study confirms the current status of visiting oral health-care services for the elderly to draw policy implications for revitalization of the visiting oral health care services in the future. Methods: First, a survey was conducted on health centers about the current status of the elderly visiting oral health-care service and how to revitalize it. Next, the number of oral hygiene services provided to the elderly was checked in the long-term care insurance system. Results: Oral health education (100%) was the most common practice in visiting oral health-care service for the elderly, and the most difficult thing in providing services was the lack of dental hygienists (38.9%). The status of oral health-care services in the long-term care insurance system for elderly revealed that the total number of service claims has been confirmed to be zero since the introduction of the system. Conclusions: Despite the existence of a system that provides elderly visiting oral healthcare services, to revitalize it, the law must be amended to secure a dental hygienist as the main agent of the activity and to further take responsibility for autonomous authority and performance.
Keywords
Aged; Dental hygienists; Home health care; Long-term care; Oral health;
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