Dental Care For People with Dementia (DVD)

Dental care, immensely important to a person’s overall health, becomes more and more challenging for care partners as the person’s dementia progresses.

Learn effective techniques to handle challenging situations and provide the best dental care for a person living with dementia, including but not limited to Alzheimers, Lewy Body, or Frontotemporal Dementia.

Learn:

• about causes for common dental care issues and how to overcome them
• why people living with dementia are likely to react negatively to common oral care procedures
• about changes in motor skills and sensation
• about vision changes, such as binocular vision and inability to recognize objects
• about verbal, visual, auditory, touch, and tactile cues to improve cooperation
• how to create a more calming environment through changes to lighting, temperature, and more
• about techniques and tools to adapt oral care techniques to increase cooperation and improve dental care results

DVD Features: 

• Over two hours of information, tips, and techniques
• Access to a downloadable handout, so you can easily recall the learned information

Please note: This DVD is printed on-demand and thus will ship 2-3 days after your order is placed.  Thank you for your patience.