Cuidados bucais em pacientes geriátricos institucionalizados em Lajeado, RS.

Abstract

In the last decades, there have been happening modifications in the demography and global health, which results into a significant increase in the elderly population. Since many older people depend on Long-term Care Institutions to get heath care, there is known that the caregivers needs to have a large health knowledge to give the right attention for those people, which included the oral hygiene and others oral cares. The aim of this study was to evaluate the oral cares that have been done by the caregivers of the elderly who lives in Long-Term Care Institutions at the town of Lajeado – RS. Forty-one caregivers have been participated of this study using a questionnaire. It has concluded that is necessary to include in the health majors topics about the preventive dentistry. These to make it clear as a primary part of daily care, besides creating publicity campaigns to elderly people about the prevention and health promotion that reaching counties, states and federal levels.