Abstract
The decision-making process on oral healthcare issues concerning caredependent, frail older people living in nursing homes may be complex if patients are incapable of (adequately) expressing consent or are legally incapacitated. Therefore, oral healthcare professionals providing care to cognitively impaired patients in nursing homes need background knowledge of healthcare legislation and healthcare ethics, concerning the aspects relevant to developing an individual oral care programme. In this article, attention is given to these aspects of healthcare legislation and ethics, and the guideline 'Mondzorg en verzet bij wilsonbekwaamheid ter zake' (oral healthcare and resistance of the legally incapacitated) is described. This can be applied in comparable cases.
| Translated title of the contribution | Autonomy in the individual oral care programme of the care-dependent cognitively impaired older patient |
|---|---|
| Original language | Dutch |
| Pages (from-to) | 207-212 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Nederlands tijdschrift voor tandheelkunde |
| Volume | 126 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Apr 2019 |
Keywords
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Decision Making
- Delivery of Health Care
- Dental Care for Aged
- Humans
- Nursing Homes
- Personal Autonomy