Serious oral health disparities exist for residents in nursing homes and other long-term care settings. This impacts their overall health, wellness, dignity, and quality of life.
MOTIVATE provides education and best practices to improve oral health for Maine’s long-term care residents.
Join the list of practices across Maine that use the MOTIVATE curriculum to improve oral health.
Read the evaluation report from Phase 1 of the program. Learn how MOTIVATE improves knowledge, skills, and attitudes about oral health.
Increases oral health awareness among long-term care staff
Advances knowledge, skills, and attitudes about oral health
Strengthens an interprofessional, collaborative practice model
Promotes evidence-based oral health care for older adults
Elevates oral health as a core part of the total health
Participants will complete four brief online modules.
Oral Health Leads to Total Health
Foundations of Oral Health Care
When to Wait and When to Act
Warning Signs of Oral Health Problems
What to Do When A Resident Has Trouble With Oral Health Care
Working Together with Residents and Families
A volunteer team of experts from across Maine helps lead MOTIVATE. They represent academia, community-based care settings, health systems, and more.
The goals of the MOTIVATE program are to address the oral health care needs of older adult residents in long-term care settings and to help to preserve their dignity, quality of life, and overall health and well-being.
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