The Policy Mini-Summit focused on medical-dental integration within the NH senior and adult population including those served by nursing homes, assisted livings, senior centers and other institutions.  Both institutional and community-based options were explored.

Event Packet Materials

• “The Price of Orofacial Pain”, MSDA Center for Quality, Policy and Financing, Policy Brief, Nov. 2015
• “Broken Smiles:  Oral Health and Employment”, MSDA Center for Quality, Policy and Financing, Policy Brief, Nov. 2015
• “Improving Lifetime Oral Health: Policy Options and Innovations”, Tahra Johnson and Kristine Goodwin, National Conference of State Legislators
• “Integrating Oral and General Health: The Role of Accountable Care Organizations”
  Yara Halasa, DDS, MS, PhD(c), Schneider Institutes for Health Policy, The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University
  Michael Doonan, PhD, Associate Professor, The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University

Presentations

• John Ahern, DDS, President, NH Dental Society – Community-based oral health service and access for children and seniors; changing complexity of dental medicine,
  Presentation: Long-term Care Residents
• Elizabeth “BJ” Brown, C-PHDH, RDH, clinician and educator – Oral health needs and access for adults and seniors in community and institutional settings including new technologies,
  Presentation: Improving Quality of Life
• Roxie Severance, NHA, Executive Director at The Morrison – Oral needs, barriers and resources within the nursing home and assisted living communities,
  Presentation: Oral Health and Seniors
• Angela Braswell, MS, RN, CWOCN, CNL, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of NH – Clinical oral health needs, challenges and interventions within the nursing home setting,
  Presentation:  Every Nursing Home Needs an Oral Care Champion
• Annette Cole, C-PHDH, RDH, North Country Health Consortium/Molar Express – Mobile and innovate approaches to senior care,
• Joan Fitzgerald, C-PHDH, RDH, President, Oral Healthcare @ Home, Inc. – Home-based oral health needs and strategies for seniors and special populations,
• CJ Young, RN, CCHP, Director of Nursing, Merrimack County Department of Corrections and Jennifer Toy, DDS – Identifying the oral health needs, challenges, and strategies for adults and seniors in the correctional system,
  Presentation: Advancing Oral Health Services for Incarcerated Individuals
• Gail T. Brown, JD, MSW and Judith Nicholson, MEd, NH Oral Health Coalition – Baseline Survey oral health data about NH’s adults and seniors in community-based programs.
  Presentation: Establishing the Base: Identifying NH’s Non-traditional Oral Health Settings