The increasing number of the elderly has come to make health of them a social problem, and thereby interests of people in health of the elderly have been raised, and recently interests in oral health also have been increasing. As age gets higher, oral...
The increasing number of the elderly has come to make health of them a social problem, and thereby interests of people in health of the elderly have been raised, and recently interests in oral health also have been increasing. As age gets higher, oral health gets deteriorated, but the cure rate is decreasing today, so governments are making constant efforts to improve oral health of the elderly. Presently, oral health service for the elderly is being implemented to improve oral health of the elderly, and the purpose of this study is to learn how much the subjects, the elderly, understand this business, examine the needs of oral health service for the elderly, and suggest realistic measures. The measures for oral health service for the elderly obtained from this study are as follows. First, it is required to convert our perspective to consider oral health of the elderly as a social problem. The increasing number of the elderly has come to make health of them a social problem, and thereby interests of people in health of the elderly have been raised, and recently interests in oral health also have been increasing. As age gets higher, oral health gets deteriorated, but the cure rate is decreasing today, so governments are making constant efforts to improve oral health of the elderly. Presently, oral health service for the elderly is being implemented to improve oral health of the elderly, and the purpose of this study is to learn how much the subjects, the elderly, understand this business, examine the needs of oral health service for the elderly, and suggest realistic measures. The measures for oral health service for the elderly obtained from this study are as follows. First, it is required to convert our perspective to consider oral health of the elderly as a social problem. service that can satisfy their needs has come to be inevitable. Therefore, the future direction should be that oral health service for the elderly is developed considering the welfare concept.