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ORAL HEALTHCARE IN AGING

Regulatory/authoritative sites

National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
http://www.nidcr.nih.gov

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) http://www.cdc.gov/oralhealth/index.htm

American Dental Association
http://www.ada.org

The University of Iowa Gerontological Nursing Interventions Research Center http://www.nursing.uiowa.edu/centers/gnirc/disseminatecore.htm

Oral Health in America: A Report of the Surgeon General http://www2.nidcr.nih.gov/sgr/sgrohweb/home.htm

American Dietetic Association
American Dietetic Association: Position statement on Nutrition, Aging and the Continuum of Care - extensive 16-page document with usable references and charts

National Policy and Resource Center on Nutrition & Aging - At Florida International University.

American Geriatrics Society. (2001). Guidelines and Position Statements

American Medical Directors Association (AMDA). (2004). Resource Library. Clinical corner: Nutrition and hydration.

National Conference of Gerontological Nurse Practitioners National Gerontological Nursing Association

The Gerontological Society of America

United States Department of Health and Human Services

Last updated - September 2005