Project Title

Development of a Digital Intervention to Improve Oral Health for Older People Living with Complex Needs in the Community

Research Focus

Older People; Complex Needs; Community Nursing

Funder & Dates

Burdett Trust (01.06.2020 - 31.05.2021)

Principal Investigator or Primary Supervisor (if PhD project)

Dr Gary Mitchell

Co-Investigators or additional supervisors

Dr Deborah Coleman (School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen's University Belfast), Professor Christine Brown Wilson (Queen's University Belfast), Dr Gerry McKenna (Queen's University Belfast), Professor Paul Brocklehurst (Bangor University), Professor Georgios Tsakos (University College London) & Caroline Lappin (South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust)

Research Fellow(s) or PhD Student

To Be Confirmed

Name & Institution of Collaborators

Bangor University, University College London, South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust

Name of External Partner Organisations

Age NI

Description of Project:

Aim; Methods; Expected Outcomes

The aim of this project is to co-design and test a digital resource to support community based nurses to assess and manage the oral health of older people, living with complex conditions, in their own homes. The digital resource will be developed using existing guidelines for (i.e. NICE Oral Health) alongside the experience of older people, family members/carers of older people, community nurses and dentists using co-design methodology.

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