Dental Care for Older people (BE080917)

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DescriptionDental Care for older people- making informed decisions and finding out how your local special care dental team can help.
Additional information

In future, dental teams will be providing oral healthcare to a greater proportion of older patients with a range of complex needs. This study day is designed to help dentists to plan and deliver accessible, high quality and person centred dental care to meet the oral health needs of an ageing population. General dental practice will always form the basis of care provision and the course will help develop skills in long term care planning for patients requiring restorative care. The day will include learning about the role of the Community Dental Service and other specialist services and the referral pathways to these.

VenueJohn Lister Postgraduate Centre, Slough - Berkshire - East  View details
Date & timeFriday 8 September 2017, 09:00 to 16:30
LecturersJulie Dale, Katy Kerr, Dr Josephine Lemon, Mr Ian Royle & Ms Lisa Joy Taylor  View details
Target audience

Recommended to all

Development outcomeNo development outcome
Course styleLecture
Core topicNo core topic
CPD hours6:00
CostNo charge
Aims

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.

The course aims to give the General Dental Practice teams help and tips on how to treat older patients with special treatment and/ or management needs, safely in general practice.

Objectives

1. To discuss the impact aging may have on oral health and the issues relating to providing dental care for older patients.

2. To consider the needs of older patients and their families and carers, including modification of the practice environment and patient management.

3. To outline the risk factors for treating older patients with medical complications.

4. To clarify referral pathways, forms, triage, and continuing care responsibilities and Special Care Dentistry

Learning outcomes

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

1. Manage older patients who attend general dental practice with increased confidence and refer appropriately to specialised services.

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

3. Outline the dental implications of certain treatments and use this knowledge to plan appropriate dental care for older people.

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