AGS Position Statement on Achieving High-Quality Multicultural Geriatric Care
This AGS position statement outlines minimum quality indicators that healtcare organizations and healthcare providers should adopt to ensure all older adults receive care that is culturally appropriate and considers level of health literacy.
AGS Care of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Older Adults Position Statement
This position statement outlines the vision of the AGS for the care of LGBT older adults with specific steps that can be taken to ensure that they receive the care they need.
Hand in Hand Dementia Training Program
The report describes the implementation and evaluation of VA’s dissemination of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Hand in Hand Dementia Training Program in VHA Community Living Centers (CLCs, formerly known as VA Nursing Home Care Units).
Prevention, Diagnosis, and Management of Opioids, Opioid Misuse, and Opioid Use Disorder in Older Adults
Research protocol from AHRQ re: prevention, diagnosis, and management of opioids, opioid misuse, and opioid use disorder in older adults; could be useful for developing educational materials; references (8/16/2019)
Addressing the Health Risks of Climate Change in Older Adults
This article provides a 2019 update to the American Geriatrics Society Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults based upon a systematic review of new evidence.
New Blog! "Why You Should Take A Powder On Brushing With Charcoal"
Many manufacturers claim that activated charcoal is a natural product that can be used to whiten and brighten teeth. Although social media and the beauty industry may have you believe charcoal to be a safe oral care product, there is insufficient evidence that using charcoal toothpastes and powders provide any significant tooth whitening or mouth health benefits. Further, there are more potential oral health risks to using charcoal that are supported by evidence-based research in this area.
OHNEP's Undergraduate Nursing Interprofessional Oral Health Faculty Tool Kit
The second edition of OHNEP's Interprofessional Oral Health Faculty Tool Kit is an innovative open-source, user-friendly product for faculty to use for weaving oral health and its links to overall health into their Undergraduate nursing curricula. The undergraduate tool kit is designed to guide faculty in embedding "oral health bytes" into existing undergraduate nursing courses to demonstrate the oral-systemic connection.
OHNEP's Nurse Practitioner and Midwifery Program Interprofessional Oral Health Faculty Tool Kits
The third edition of OHNEP's Interprofessional Oral Health Faculty Tool Kits are open-source, user-friendly products for faculty to use for weaving oral health and its links to overall health into their Nurse Practitioner and Midwifery curricula. The latest versions of our Tool Kits align with the new AACN Essentials (2021), the NONPF Competencies (2022), ACNM Core Competencies (2020), HRSA Oral Health Competencies (2014), and IPEC Interprofessional Competencies (2016), and include up-to-date clinical practice g
Oral Health Patient Facts
The OHNEP Program and the American College of Physicians (ACP) teamed up in 2015 to create four patient-related oral health literacy fact sheets for distribution to internal medicine physicians and primary care providers.
Interprofessional Oral Health Publications
OHNEP's mission is to increase oral health integration in primary care and nursing education and clinical practice. As part of this mission, we promote evidence-based research studies and literature that demonstrates the importance of the oral-systemic connection across the lifespan. We invite you to review the pivotal interprofessional oral health articles copied below, and check out the "Resources" tab of our website ohnep.org to browse through our publications, presentations and other resources.