School of Dental Hygiene, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529, USA.
J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2013 May;14(5):363-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2013.01.003. Epub 2013 Jan 30.
Old Dominion University School of Dental Hygiene in Norfolk, Virginia, created an innovative preventive oral health program at Lake Taylor Transitional Care Hospital, a long term care facility located in coastal Virginia. The program had two main short-term goals: to increase the number of residents who receive preventive and therapeutic oral health services and to enhance future dental hygienists' learning experience with this diverse vulnerable population through service learning. The anticipated long-term goals are to improve quality of oral health care and overall health of long term care residents, to prevent potential disease, and to reproduce this model at other long term care facilities to improve access to care.
弗吉尼亚州诺福克的奥多明尼昂大学牙科学院在位于弗吉尼亚沿海的长期护理机构 Lake Taylor 过渡护理医院创建了一个创新的预防性口腔健康计划。该计划有两个主要的短期目标：增加接受预防性和治疗性口腔健康服务的居民人数，并通过服务学习增强未来牙科保健师对这一多样化弱势人群的学习体验。预期的长期目标是改善长期护理居民的口腔保健质量和整体健康状况，预防潜在疾病，并在其他长期护理机构复制这种模式，以改善获得护理的机会。
