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The purpose of this study was to develop, implement and evaluate a systematic oral care program for community-dwelling-dependent or institutionalized elderly adults. The study group consisted of 20 dependent elderly adults of which 15 were living in the community and five were in a nursing home. After eight weeks of systematic oral care, the plaque and gingival indices were scored and compared with baseline measurements. Also at the end of the study, caregivers completed a questionnaire that assessed their perspective on the advantages, disadvantages, burden and fatigue in providing the systematic oral care program. The results of this study demonstrate that a systematic oral care program reduced plaque and gingival indices for the subjects as well as reducing the caregivers' burden and fatigue in providing daily oral care.
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