FREE Lunch & Learn Webinar:Top tips to making your practice more dementia friendly (OX100222WEBINAR)

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Katy Kerr BDS DDPH RCS (Eng) PGCertCE. Katy currently chairs the Dementia Friendly Dentistry Group and represents dentistry on the Dementia Workforce Advisory Group. She is passionate about improving access for people with dementia to visit the dentist and is working to support the establishment of dementia friendly dental care environments. She was the project lead for the dementia awareness film, “The Appointment” now hosted on the national HEE website as part of dementia training for all health professionals.

In her role for HEE, Katy works across Thames Valley and Wessex to provide training and workforce development opportunities for all members of the team. She has trained extensively about the impact of poor oral health for older people in residential and hospital settings, she was a member of the External Expert Advisory Group for the CQC report, Smiling Matters, on oral health in care homes and developed training resources for the Public Health England toolkit: Adult Oral Health in Care Homes, to address the findings in the report.

Katy is an active member of the Hydration Network. Katy generated the content for the E-learning package, “Improving mouth care", on E-Learning for Health, and was part of the national training group that developed training resources to support the Starting Well programme for 0-5 year old children.

*This webinar is suitable for entire dental team, will be delivered via MS Teams and an email with joining instructions and a short a guide to remote learning will be sent to you at least 24 hours before the course starts. Please log in early to check your IT supports MS Teams and check that your microphone is off but your camera is on (you can upload a background of your choice for privacy) signing in using your Deanery registered name helps us to confirm your attendance. Logging onto to Webinar will be from 13:05. Please email the organising Tutor if you have any questions prior to the webinar at amanda.evans@hee.nhs.uk  We are sorry that due to the short nature of the course there will not be an opportunity to ask questions/interact with the speaker on the day. The programme will start promptly at 13:15 finishing by 13:45.

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The overall aim is aligned with Government health policy that enables older people to remain independent for longer by providing preventative oral healthcare and access to treatment that is appropriate for the individual.

What is dementia

The Dementia Care Pathway

A brief update on the different types

The potential impact on dental treatment

Discover help and tips on how to treat people living with dementia including modification of the practice environment and patient management.

By the end of the training participants should be able to:

Demonstrate recognition of the needs of older people including those living with dementia so as to provide safe, dignified and compassionate care.

Make adjustments to practice to support older people including those living with dementia by assisting the development of supportive care environments.