Oral health of people with physical and intellectual disabilities: Training carers of people with physical and intellectual disabilities

Abstract

This study aimed to benefit the oral health and OHRQoL of two groups of people with special needs: ‘care recipients’ (directly and via their carers) and ‘employees’. The study aims reflect the different approaches used.

For carers and care recipients,

To provide a home-based intervention, training carers in providing improved oral care for adults with disabilities To evaluate the intervention by, Assessing the change in carer psychosocial factors pre- to post-training Benchmarking to a dentist the oral health assessment of carers post-training For employees,

To provide a workplace intervention combining oral health education and timely referral for treatment To evaluate the intervention by assessing change in self-rated oral health, OHRQoL and oral health behaviours pre- and post-intervention. Show more