TY - JOUR
T1 - Maturation of the MOUTh intervention
T2 - From reducing threat to relationship-centered care
AU - Jablonski-Jaudon, Rita A.
AU - Kolanowski, Ann M.
AU - Winstead, Vicki
AU - Jones-Townsend, Corteza
AU - Azuero, Andres
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - The purpose of the current article is to describe a personalized practice originally conceived as a way to prevent and minimize care-resistant behavior to provide mouth care to older adults with dementia. The original intervention, Managing Oral Hygiene Using Threat Reduction Strategies (MOUTh), matured during the clinical trial study into a relationship-centered intervention, with emphasis on developing strategies that support residents' behavioral health and staffinvolved in care. Relationships that were initially pragmatic (i.e., focused on the task of completing mouth care) developed into more personal and responsive relationships that involved deeper engagement between mouth care providers and nursing home (NH) residents. Mouth care was accomplished and completed in a manner enjoyable to NH residents and mouth care providers. The MOUTh intervention may also concurrently affirm the dignity and personhood of the care recipient because of its emphasis on connecting with older adults.
AB - The purpose of the current article is to describe a personalized practice originally conceived as a way to prevent and minimize care-resistant behavior to provide mouth care to older adults with dementia. The original intervention, Managing Oral Hygiene Using Threat Reduction Strategies (MOUTh), matured during the clinical trial study into a relationship-centered intervention, with emphasis on developing strategies that support residents' behavioral health and staffinvolved in care. Relationships that were initially pragmatic (i.e., focused on the task of completing mouth care) developed into more personal and responsive relationships that involved deeper engagement between mouth care providers and nursing home (NH) residents. Mouth care was accomplished and completed in a manner enjoyable to NH residents and mouth care providers. The MOUTh intervention may also concurrently affirm the dignity and personhood of the care recipient because of its emphasis on connecting with older adults.
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U2 - 10.3928/00989134-20160212-05
DO - 10.3928/00989134-20160212-05
M3 - Article
C2 - 26934969
AN - SCOPUS:84988912083
SN - 0098-9134
VL - 42
SP - 15
EP - 23
JO - Journal of gerontological nursing
JF - Journal of gerontological nursing
IS - 3
ER -