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DE0234: Elder Initiative Course [Portland Area]

 
Date: 3/20/2019 - 3/20/2019
Course Status: Completed
Facility: Marriott Seattle Airport
Location: Seattle, WA
Level: Basic
Audience: Dentists, DHA, Hygienists, Assistants
Quota: 5 - 100 students
Tuition: $0.00
Hours: 6.00 (Total CDE); 6.00 (DANB Non-Clinical); 6.00 (AGD - 750)
Joint Sponsorship: No
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Summary:

For Portland Area only: This course will provide CDE on providing dental care for elders, motivational interviewing when working with elders, and ways to work with elders to improve the oral health in the entire community.

Agenda: Elder Initiative
March 20, 2019
1. Data review and PDSAs
2. Dementia and oral health care
3. Oral health care for elderly caregivers
4. PDSAs on dementia and elderly caregivers

Learning Objectives:

1. List 3 ways that dementia might affect your dental treatment and education for the elderly.
2. Identify 3 ways to adapt oral health care for caregivers of the elderly.
3. List 3 ways that elders could improve the oral health of the entire community.

Speaker / Presenter:

Alia Katabi — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at akatabi@deltadentalwa.com.

Bonnie Bruerd — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at Bonnie.Bruerd@gmail.com.

Marty Lieberman — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at marty.lieberman@aol.com.

Karen Lewis — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at klewis@arcorafoundation.org.

Disclosure Policy:

It is the policy of the Indian Health Service, Division of Oral Health, that faculty/planners disclose any financial or other relationships with commercial companies whose products may be discussed in the educational activity. The Indian Health Service, Division of Oral Health, also requires that faculty disclose any unlabeled or investigative use of pharmaceutical products and medical devices. Images that have been falsified or manipulated to misrepresent treatment outcomes are prohibited.

None of the faculty/planners for this activity has a conflict of interest, and there is no use of unlabeled or investigative pharmaceutical products or medical devices. No images have been falsified or manipulated to misrepresent treatment outcomes.The educational objectives, content, and selection of educational methods and instructors are conducted independent of any commercial entity.

Accreditation:
The IHS Division of Oral Health is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider

The IHS Division of Oral Health is an accredited sponsor of continuing education under the American Dental Association Continuing Education Recognition Program (CERP). 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. Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the IHS at IHS CDE Coordinator or to the Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition at CCEPR.ada.org

Prerequisites:

For Portland Area dental staff only.

Tuition Payment Information:

Please Make Checks Payable to: Indian Health Service.

Tuition Policy:

Tuition must be paid in full 8 weeks prior to the start date of any course. Request for refunds must be received in writing at least two weeks before the course begins. For each refund request, there will be an administrative charge of $100. No refunds will be made to registrants who fail to attend a course. If IHS CDE program cancels a course, then 100% of the tuition will be refunded.