@article{45178d3693564213833941fc54dde6bb,
title = "Senior oral health: A community-based, interprofessional educational experience for nursing and dental students",
abstract = "The current article highlights an interprofessional, older adult oral health community program, created through an Accelerating Interprofessional Community-Based Education and Practice grant from the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education, designed to address the gap between older adult health education and care delivery. This project developed an advanced practice, nurse-led partnership among The Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing and the Oral Health Nursing Education and Practice Program (both located at New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing), New York University College of Dentistry, and Regional Aid for Interim Needs (RAIN), a community service organization for older adults in the Bronx. Teams of nursing (n = 26), nurse practitioner (n = 16), and dental (n = 64) students provided oral health education and oral hygiene instruction using Tooth Wisdom{\textregistered} educational materials to older adults, home health aides (HHAs), and volunteers in nine RAIN senior centers. Students demonstrated increases in their self-reported interprofessional competencies based on the Interprofessional Collaborative Competency Attainment Survey. Results also revealed that older adults (n = 500), HHAs (n = 142), and volunteers (n = 21) at the RAIN senior centers who attended the Tooth Wisdom presentation demonstrated an increase in oral health knowledge.",
keywords = "Aged, Curriculum, Education, Nursing/methods, Humans, Interprofessional Relations, New York, Oral Health/education, Students, Dental, Students, Nursing",
author = "Greenberg, {Sherry A.} and Erin Hartnett and Berkowitz, {Gary S.} and Schenkel, {Andrew B.} and Cynthia Chong and Jessamin Cipollina and Judith Haber and Cortes, {Tara A.}",
note = "Funding Information: The Interprofessional Senior Oral Health Community program was funded by an Accelerating Interprofes sional Community-Based Education and Practice grant from the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education, whose goals are to redesign health care education and delivery to be better integrated (Harder + Company Community Research Team, 2019). The aims of the Senior Oral Health program, an innovative workforce redesign project, were to: (a) meet the oral health needs of a high risk, underserved group of older adults; (b) encourage sustainability of the project through education of care managers, volunteer members of the Bronx Health Corps, and home health aides (HHAs); and (c) prepare nurse, nurse practitioner, and dental students to demonstrate evidence of mastery of oral health and Interprofessional Education Competencies (Interprofessional Education Collaborative [IPEC], 2016). The purpose of the current article is to report an innovative education–community partnership that impacts patients{\textquoteright} oral and overall health, increases access to care, improves patient satisfaction and has a potential for reducing patients{\textquoteright} costs while enhancing interprofessional clinical experiences for students. Funding Information: The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise. Funding for this project came from the National Center for Interprofessional Education and Practice. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} SLACK Incorporated",
year = "2020",
doi = "10.3928/00989134-20200527-03",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "46",
pages = "37--45",
journal = "Journal of Gerontological Nursing",
issn = "0098-9134",
publisher = "Slack Incorporated",
number = "8",
}