FREE evening Webinar: Dementia Awareness (OX100725WEB)

NHSE WT&E Protocol Remote Learning 2023

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Katy Kerr BDS DDPH RCS (Eng) PGCertCE. Katy was a Senior Dental Officer with Berkshire Community Dental Service and has always had a special interest in quality in healthcare, helping to develop systems for clinical audit within the profession. Katy currently chairs the Dementia Friendly Dentistry 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 NHSE website as part of dementia training for all health professionals. In her role for NHSE WT&E, 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 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 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 17:50. Please email the organising Tutor if you have any questions prior to the webinar at amanda.evans37@nhs.net (07917 580686). There will be an opportunity to ask questions/interact with the speaker on the day. The programme will start promptly at 18:00 finishing by 19:30. PLEASE CHECK YOUR JUNK FOLDER FOR THE WEBINAR LINK, PARTICULARLY IF YOU HAVE A HOTMAIL ACCOUNT.

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The course aims to familiarise learners with recognising and understanding dementia. It will focus on helping participants to gain insight into the condition and develop confidence to support people living with dementia. It will also enable learners to signpost patients and carers to appropriate support.

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 will provide an overview of programmes for dementia friendly dentistry.

• Gain insight into the viewpoint of someone living with dementia and the issues relating to providing their dental care including ethico-legal and safeguarding perspectives.
• Discover help and tips on how to treat people with dementia including modification of the practice environment and patient management.
• Opportunity for feedback, to share ideas and good practice and signposting to useful resources

The participant will be able to:

• Explain what is meant by the term dementia and what actions individuals can take to reduce their risk of dementia, or to delay onset.
• Demonstrate recognition of the needs of those living with dementia so as to provide safe, dignified and compassionate care.
• Make adjustments to practice to support older people including those with dementia by assisting the development of supportive care environments.

This course covers the GDC outcomes A, B, C and D.