Simple Advanced Treatment Modalities for the Dependent Patient - PART III

The alphabet soup of titles can be daunting to the oral care provider trying to bring the message of simple novel approaches to oral care in a facility. Angie Stone and Shirley Gutkowski, bring their hard earned knowledge and first-hand experience to this one-hour Web event. The third in the three part series on oral care for the dependent adult is just as entertaining as the first two. It covers who is working at the care facility, who to talk to, and when to call. Don’t miss this important information and round out your new perspective on care-givers and dependent adults.

Part three of this three-part module provides information on how to find a home to adopt. Discussions include: who are the main players in the nursing home environment that need to be contacted, what should be said when contacting the facility, as well as complete information regarding AANH.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Know who to contact at a facility to Adopt the nursing home
  2. Understand what to say to the facility administrators
  3. Know what the mission and goals are of AANH

How to Implement Your Own Training Program Through the Adopt A Nursing Home Initiative

1 CE Credits

Amount: $95.00
Angie Stone, RDH, BS

Angie Stone, RDH BS, has been in the dental profession for over 25 years.She has held virtually each position within the dental office including dental assistant, front office and dental hygienist.She has spent time teaching both dental assisting and dental hygiene.Currently she:

  • Provides clinical hygiene services in private practice and nursing home environments
  • Provides corporate consulting services to dental product companies
  • Is Editor in Chief of Hygiene Tribune

She has had articles published in several dental magazines and journals including:

  • Dentistry Today
  • Woman's Dentist Journal
  • RDH Magazine
  • Modern Hygienist
  • Nursing Matters
  • Featured Hygienist In Access (ADHA Official Publication)

Angie has a passion for sharing her love of dentistry with colleagues around the country.Her speaking ability and enthusiasm have taken her to:

  • RDH Under One Roof
  • Wisconsin Assisted � Living Association
  • Nursing home in-service training sessions throughout Wisconsin
  • PinkTooth.net
  • Florida Dental Association (June 2009)

Angie received her associate's degree from Madison Area Technical College, Madison, WI and her bachelor's degree in Psychology from Upper Iowa University. Her website can be viewed at www.sharprdh.com

 
 
Shirley Gutkowski, RDH, BSDH, FACE
Email: crosslinkpresent@aol.com   Phone: 608 837 7074   Address: Sun Prairie, United States of America

Shirley Gutkowski, RDH, BSDH, FACE practiced clinical dental hygiene in and around Madison, WI from 1986 to 2003 when she focused her energy on writing and speaking.  

After graduating from Marquette University in 1999 through the degree completion program, she became very active in the Amyrdh.com e-mail community monitored by Amy Nieves, RDH, and honed her communication skills to bring new and exciting information to the hundreds of hygienists in that group.  This evolved into feature articles and a monthly column in RDH magazine.  In an effort to reach the public with her messages and cross over into writing for consumer publications, she wrote a series of articles on oral care for Diabetes Self-Management.  This effort won her the prestigious APEX Award for writing excellence.  Today she has co-authored a best-selling book with Amy Nieves, The Purple Guide: Developing Your Clinical Dental Hygiene Career which has sold out and the second edition is now available. She haswritten chapters on sealants, and temporary fillings in the textbook Essentials of Dental Hygiene.

Clinical practice has taken a back seat to speaking across the country and internationally as far away as Germany and Australia on minimal intervention dental hygiene through her business Cross Link Presentations.

Shirley is the 2008 Alumna of the Year Marquette University School of Health Science in Dental Hygiene, a recipient of the Leadership Award from the World Congress of Minimally Invasive Dentistry, the 2006 - 2007 President of the Wisconsin Dental Hygienists' Association

Co-Director of CareerFusion career development for healthcare providers with Beth Thompson and Patti DiGangi. 

She is also co-founder of Adopt a Nursing Home an initiative to increase oral health in dependant adults with Angie Stone, RDH, BSDH. She is a member of the Wisconsin Regional Writers Association, the American Dental Hygienist's Association, American Academy of Dental Hygienists, and the World Congress of Minimally Invasive Dentistry.  She's earned certification of CTM in Toastmasters International, has attained the ACEsthetics Fellowship.  She resides in Sun Prairie, WI is married to her husband Mark and is the mother of five sons.