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Rosiepie Asked March 2020

How to clean mom's dentures in nursing home?

I just found out the nursing home hasn’t been cleaning my mom's dentures because “she won’t let them”. Shouldn’t the nurses insist and get this task done daily???

lealonnie1 Mar 2020
The staff in nursing homes and ALFs cannot force a resident to do anything at all. If they did, we'd be seeing posts complaining about it, that's for sure! If your mother is asked to take her dentures out to be cleaned and doesn't, she will be left alone. If she's asked to take them out and she does, the staff will soak them overnight. Especially when dementia is involved, the more a person 'insists' a resident do something, the more likely they are to resist. Just goes with the territory. I see my mother do it all the time.

Best of luck!
Rosiepie Mar 2020
Thank you
Rosiepie Mar 2020
No. She wasn’t able to do that herself with her dementia

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NeedHelpWithMom Mar 2020
Does she take her teeth out at night to soak?

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