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Community and primary care nursing
Community nurses are uncertain about their role and responsibility in providing oral healthcare to older patients
  1. Leah Armitage
  1. Department of Biomolecular Science, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, Manchester, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Leah Armitage; leah.armitage{at}manchester.ac.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2023-103904

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    Commentary on: Mitchell G, Brown Wilson C, Tsakos G, Brocklehurst P, Lappin C, Quinn B, Holland N, McKenna G. ‘Whose role is it anyway?’ Experiences of community nurses in the delivery and support of oral health care for older people living at home: a grounded theory study. BMC Nurs 2023 Oct;22(359). doi: org/10.1186/s12912-023-01533-0.

    Implications for practice and research

    • There needs to be a standardised approach to oral health assessment in community settings.

    • Future research should examine the variability in standards of postregistration continuing professional development.

    Context

    Older people, with increasingly complex care needs, are at risk of not receiving adequate oral healthcare. The absence of suitable oral healthcare is concerning, as maintaining good oral hygiene is an important aspect of overall health. A significant number of dental problems are preventable, and although there have been improvements …

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    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.