Veranda Caregivers

Hi, Veranda were seniors at Carrington College Dental Hygiene Program.

And today we're gonna be giving your presentation on how

to better care for the elderly.

I'm Ryan.

I'm Amanda, and I'm cassava.

And I'm Kylie here.

Just a few things that we have learned throughout the

course of our dental hygiene program.

Okay, so what you wanna do is wrap this around

your middle fingers so you can have better stability and

go in between.

Make sure you go as deep as you can all

the way to the base of that little pocket and

then go up and down multiple times just to make

sure you get the bacteria out of that.

This picture shows great how you're supposed to do it.

So follow that when you cross your teeth.

This one shows the C shape motion you're supposed to

use when flossing.

Um, all of your teeth.

The best technique to use when brushing your teeth is

called the modified bass technique, and that is going to

be demonstrated by me doing this.

So when you brush, make sure you're you angle your

toothbrush down towards your gums and and do a little

circle motion.

So you can get all the bacteria from underneath your

guns and pull it up and make sure you and

your little strokes with a swipe.

When you are brushing, make sure you brush for two

minutes and use a soft toothbrush because hard toothbrushes, they're

just gonna wear away your gums.

So a lot of the elderly population has limited dexterity,

so it's a really, really hard for them to grab

a toothbrush that is just a regular size, so you

can add different things to help him with that, you

can add things like a tennis ball for them.

Thio easily gripped the tennis ball and be ableto brush

properly. There's other AIDS for flossing, like a floss holder

that you just wrap the floss around, which helps them

get into those back areas of their teeth.

Eso that they conf lost instead of just using a

regular flaw CE holder, which might be harder for them

toe hold.

Another option, instead of just a regular toothbrush, is get

a toothbrush that has a little bit of a wider

base for them to be able to grab onto and

brush better.

So for the residents that have dentures, it's really important

to take them out every single night.

And when they're out of the residents mouth to make

sure that that they're in water and soaking in a

cleaner, um, especially overnight if they'll let you do that

on dhe in the mornings, it's important.

Thio, get your denture brush and brush those dentures which

will help get the cleaner in tow the grooves of

the dentures to make sure that there's no remaining bacteria

in it.

So I'm gonna go over a few of the problems

that can occur if you're not properly carrying, Um, for

those residents or even in your own mouth, these air,

some issues that can come up.

So on the right here is a picture of dentures,

Um, source, like Kylie was talking about.

You need to be taking those out every night and

brushing them because these could be super painful for the

residents and just cause a lot of discomfort.

Um, on the left is just a picture of fungal

infections. Thes can occur as well if you're not properly

brushing as well as brushing the tongue, which is important,

and you kind of get that discoloration in the middle,

you have zero Estonia, which is just what we refer

to as dry mouth.

This is way more common in the elderly population.

Um, just then regular adults and you can see in

this right hand side how red and irritated the tongue

is, and it gets very painful for them as well.

Next, I'm gonna kinda go over some common areas for

oral cancer.

So since you guys are looking in their mouth and

you are the ones helping them, you kind of have

an advantage of helping them see any of these, um,

effects that can be going on.

So on the side of the tongue is a very

common place for them to be.

You can see how big this kids, but how it

could be hiding under the tongue if it's not lifted

and looked at as well as the palette of the

mouth. You can kind of see how this is getting.

Um, kind of a discoloration to it as well as

kind of filling up with fluid just does not look

great. So both of these areas air really important to

check out when helping them with their aural help at

night or in the morning.

Another important thing that we have to offer is just

Thio is to help others realized that their mouth is

a mirror for what's going on systemically within their body.

Um, there are links between period on Titus, um, to

cardiovascular diseases.

You're also more prone to have a stroke if you

are someone who has period on Titus.

Also, the mouth mirrors other systemic conditions that you can

recognize that your patient, for example, for example, poor tissue

healing is an example of diabetes possibly being present.

Um, there's a lot of things that the mouth shows

that that are going on to the rest of the

body. Also, period on Titus is what we call the

tissues as they are being inflamed and the bone is

wearing down.

So that's what we refer to when we say period

on Titus.

So it is really important to take a look at

your president's bounds and understand that what's going on there

can be a reflection of what's going on with the

rest of the body.

Each of the residents will be getting a bag with

a toothbrush, toothpaste and floss, so you have the proper

tools to keep the residents or a health happy.

And then we also have a survey for you on

Surveymonkey. It should appear in your emails and we would

really appreciate it if you guys took it for us.

Helps out with our class.

So if you could do that, that would be great.

And thank you all so much for me.

Veranda Caregivers

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