Oral health needs change throughout the lifespan — often becoming more complex with age, chronic conditions, or functional limitations. These changes call for personalized, person-centered care that promotes optimal health outcomes, disease prevention, and quality of life.
Join CareQuest Institute and Massachusetts General Hospital’s Lunder-Dineen program for a webinar that explores the importance of routine oral health care in supporting aging and medically complex patients. Our expert panel will define and discuss long-term care in the oral health context, identify common barriers older adults face in accessing care, and highlight actionable strategies oral health teams can implement in their daily work by drawing on the success of the Lunder-Dineen MOTIVATE program.
Learning Objectives
- Describe the relationship between oral health and overall health, including the elevated risk of oral disease in older adults.
- Identify the role care partners/givers and other members of the interprofessional team across care settings have in promoting oral health for older adults.
- Describe programs devoted to teaching care partners and health care professionals about older adult’s oral health. Develop an action plan to improve care for older adults.
Moderator
Labrini Nelligan, MS, Executive Director, Lunder-Dineen Health Education Alliance of Maine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Presenters
Denise O’Connell, MSW, LCSW, CCM, CCP, Associate Director, Lunder-Dineen Health Education Alliance of Maine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Leonard J. Brennan, DMD, Adviser, National Center for Equity Care for Elders, Part-Time Faculty, Harvard School of Dental Medicine
CareQuest Institute for Oral Health is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider.
ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. CareQuest Institute for Oral Health designates this activity for 1 continuing education credit.
This continuing education activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the standards of the ADA Continuing Education Recognition Program (ADA CERP) by CareQuest Institute for Oral Health.
All participating instructors in this program have disclosed that they do not have any financial arrangement or affiliation with persons or entity(ies) offering financial support, products, and/or services mentioned or related to the content of this program/activity.