Implementing my plan

When dealing with hospice patients, many needs must be met, including pain managment, personal hygiene, and nutritional supplement. One thing that is often overlooked, though, is oral health care. Many patients in hospice care have months, maybe weeks to live, but are still entitled to recieve oral hygiene care. My proposal is simple:

• To increase the knowledge and level of care of program participants.
• To educate and encourage family members to participate in oral health care of loved ones.
• Encourage other hygienists to particpate (volunteer?) in hospice programs.
• Implement a strategy for increased oral health care awareness.

To make this happen, meetings with hospice program leaders would have to take place, and each patients current status would need to be assesed before any treatment could take place. I believe this is a very beneficial service to people who are in their last stages of life.