TFT Trainers Workshop: Oral Health Care and Living With Dementia (OXTFT120315)

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DescriptionTFT Trainers Workshop – Oral Health Care and Living with Dementia Vicki Jones:
Additional informationVicki currently works as a Consultant in Special Care Dentistry and Clinical Director of the Community Dental Service for Aneurin Bevan University Health Board and is lead clinician for older frail and vulnerable adults and people with a mental illness. She was past president of the British Society of Gerodontology (BSG) and is chair of the All Wales Special Interest Group/Special Oral Health Care (SIG). Her publications include co-author of the BSG 2006 Guidelines for the Development of Standards Oral Health Care for People with Dementia, Oral Health Care for Stroke Survivors, www.gerodontology.com

Suitable for: TFT Trainers
VenueHealth Education England, Oxford - Oxfordshire  View details
Date & timeThursday 12 March 2015, 09:30 to 13:00
LecturerMigration  View details
Target audience

Recommended to all

Development outcomeNo development outcome
Course styleLecture
Core topicNo core topic
CPD hours3:00
CostNo charge
Aims
  1. To explore the causes of dementia, to understand the classification and the three stages of dementia.
  2. To raise awareness of the challenges people with dementia face in order to manage their oral health more effectively.
  3. To understand partnerships with patients and carers and other key professions and organisations involved in the delivery of care
  4. To discover how to educate and involve the whole practice in order to better serve our patients needs.