pISSN 1225-388X
eISSN 2093-7784
Categories of caregivers’ experience of oral health care for the elderly in long-term care facilities
| Paradigm | Category | Sub-category |
|---|---|---|
| Casual conditions | Oral health care problems in long-term care facility | Oral health problems in the elderly (3) |
| Behavioral limitations of oral care for the elderly (4) | ||
| Physical limitations of oral care for the elderly (3) | ||
| Low accessibility to oral care process (2) | ||
| Oral health care status in long-term care facility | Oral health care system (4) | |
| Problems of observation for oral health status (6) | ||
| Realities of recording for oral health care (6) | ||
| Assessment of oral health status (3) | ||
| Work characteristics of oral health care | Workload (6) | |
| Restrictive factors of work (4) | ||
| Experiences of education | Lack of oral care knowledge (2) | |
| Absence of systematic oral health education (5) | ||
| Current status of caring staff training (5) | ||
| Contextual conditions | Dental treatment by dentist | Consigned dental care (3) |
| Factors to lower accessibility to oral care institutions (4) | ||
| Guardian’s cooperation | How to solve oral health problems currently (3) | |
| Chief manager’s philosophy | Philosophy of the head of the facilities (2) | |
| Condition of community | Communities where the facilities is located (2) | |
| Phenomenon | Difficulties of sustainable practice of oral health care | Difficulties of communication with the elderly (2) |
| Difficulties of doing correct oral care (3) | ||
| Difficulties of practicing oral care (2) | ||
| Difficulties of solving oral health problems (4) | ||
| Difficulties of constant oral care (2) | ||
| Intervening conditions | Motivational characteristics of caregivers | Degree of interest for oral care (2) |
| Understanding for the elderly (2) | ||
| Career’s sense of calling (4) | ||
| Experiences of caregivers | Growth through education (3) | |
| Experience of practical help (3) | ||
| Recommendation of education of facilities-level | Environment for education (1) | |
| Direction of education (1) | ||
| Action/Interaction strategies | Improvement of quality of oral health education | Improvement of education methods (6) |
| Conveying of correct information (2) | ||
| Question and answer with dental professionals (1) | ||
| Establishing system of elderly oral health care services | Utilization of scales for oral health assessment (3) | |
| Utilization of form for oral care (4) | ||
| Establishment of dental care delivering (referring) system (3) | ||
| Consequences | Delivery of sustainable services of oral health care | Recordable oral health care (2) |
| Communicative oral health care (4) | ||
| Comparable oral health care (2) | ||
| Sustainable oral health care (2) |
*Number of concept codes included in each sub-category.