Knowledge center for oral health of the elderly - development
| Reference number | |
| Coordinator | Region Örebro län - Folktandvårdens ledningskansli, Örebro |
| Funding from Vinnova | SEK 680 000 |
| Project duration | July 2014 - December 2015 |
| Status | Completed |
Purpose and goal
KCÄM as coordinating unit for all geriatric oral health/dental care issues and knowledge resource for the dental profession, county residents and primary/hospital care. A web portal has been attained for communication. KCÄM is widely known as an expert resource for older people´s associations; some 40 groups visited and newsletter has been sent. Regular Dental Gerioweb meetings have been held. A working group has been established with representation from dental practices. Contacts are established and cooperation has begun with representatives of primary/hospital care.
Results and expected effects
WP 1 Website exists. Offers of oral health talks for older people made. No appointment measurements performed. WP 2 Some 40 pensioners´ groups visited, newsletter sent. Geriatric coordinator appointed within dental care. WP 3 Regularly planned Gerioweb meetings held. WP 4 Working group with representatives of all parts of the dental care system exists. WP 5 Contacts are initiated with primary/specialist healthcare and elderly care system. Group fluoride rinses in elderly care homes planned. WP 6 Relevant groups identified. WP 7 Kaizen implemented WP 8 Not accomplished, see appendix
Approach and implementation
The public dental care was tasked by the Örebro County Council Board to start a Centre of Excellence for Geriatric Dental Care. In 2013 a project manager was appointed. A risk identified in the Vinnova application was that the project manager would leave before an acceptable training level was achieved. This occurred at year-end 2014 and project time was lost for restructuring and recruitment. This partially explains why AP 5 and 8 could not be fully implemented. The other work packages are in various phases, ranging from newly started to well-established.