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ORAL HEALTHCARE IN AGING

Assessment Tools

The Geriatric Oral Health Assessment Index (GOHAI). Try This Series: Issue #18. www.hartfordign.org

Johnson, V., Chalmers, J. & Titler, M. (2002). Evidence-based protocol: oral hygiene for Functionally dependent and cognitively impaired older adults. Iowa: University of Iowa Gerontological Nursing Interventions Research Center. www.nursing.uiowa.edu/centers/gnirc/protocols.htm

Nestle Clinical Nutrition. A guide to completing the Mini-nutritional assessment MNA®. Available at: http://www.mna-elderly.com/practice/user_guide/mna_guide.pdf.

Shelkey, M., & Wallace, M. (Oct 1998). Try this: Best practices in nursing care to older adults: Katz index of independence in activities of daily living (ADL), Issue #2. Retrieved August 16, 2004, from The John A. Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, College of Nursing, New York University Web site: http://consultgerirn.org/uploads/File/trythis/issue02.pdf

Try this: Best practices in nursing care to older adults: Nutrition and hydration assessment, Issue #9. Retrieved July 28, 2004, from The John A. Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, College of Nursing, New York University

The Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO) Nursing Best Practice Guidelines (NBPG) Project. List of completed guidelines. Retrieved August 16, 2004, from http://www.rnao.org/bestpractices/completed_guidelines/
bestPractice_firstCycle.asp

Last updated - September 2005