Oral Care for Dementia Patients: What Every Caregiver Needs to Know
I think about her often, actually. Thirty-two years in a classroom. She had a way of walking into a room like she owned it — lipstick on, chin up, not a hair out of place. Her former students still called her on her birthday. By the time her family brought me in, she was somewhere […]
Oral Hygiene for Elderly With No Teeth: A Complete Guide to Safe and Dignified Geriatric Oral Care
Many families tell me the same thing. “My loved one doesn’t have teeth anymore, so we thought oral care was no longer needed.” I understand where that belief comes from. But I also see what happens next. Sore gums. Difficulty eating. Quiet discomfort that no one talks about. When we stop caring, problems do not […]