Inverness dentists get training to support patients living with dementia
Staff for a group of dentists in Inverness have been given access to a specialist initiative to support people living with dementia.
Torwood Dental Practice, Inshes Dental Centre and Union Dental and Facial Solutions are supporting Alzheimer Scotland by becoming Dementia Friends, with staff receiving information about dementia and the varying ways it can affect an individual.
Measures that each practice has implemented to support people living with dementia include reassuring patients and making them comfortable within the practice, communicating in a jargon-free way, encouraging relatives to attend appointments if preferable and encouraging self-directed care and decision making.
Anya Drummond, associate dentist at Torwood Dental Practice, said: “As part of our commitment to providing sector-leading care at community level, we have partnered with Alzheimer Scotland to ensure all of our patient-facing team members are ‘Dementia Friends’.
“From the moment an appointment is required, through to the dental care they receive, communication with the patient and everything in between – we have a range of considerations that we take into account to ensure that patient is cared for appropriately.”
Torwood Dental Practice, Inshes Dental Centre and Union Dental and Facial Solutions are part of the Clyde Munro Group.
