Taking Care of Our Seniors
Learning Opportunities
54% of older adults cite dental care as their most frequent unmet need, second only to transportation. Medicare does not provide any dental coverage, and Virginia Medicaid does not cover preventive or restorative dental care. Ensuring older adults have access to the oral health services they need can help improve health outcomes and quality of life.
We provide education on dental care and coverage for pregnant women. View our event calendar for upcoming events, or contact us to learn more.
Resources
Provider Resources
- Virginia Health Catalyst Integration Care Model: Older Adults
- Oral Health: An Essential Element of Healthy Aging (Gerontological Society of America)
- Adult Oral Health Pocket Card (Smiles for Life)
- Administration on Aging Oral Health Resources (HHS)
- Video: Preventing Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (VA)
- Best Practice Approach Report: Oral Health in the Older Adult Population (ASTDD)
- Improving Oral Health Care for Rural Seniors (Families USA)
Consumer Resources
- Teeth Wisdom: Health Resources for Older Adults
- Commonwealth Coordinated Card Plus (CCC+) Dental Benefit Program for the Medicaid-Medicare Dually-Enrolled
- Mouth Healthy: Aging and Dental Health (ADA)
- Patient Fact Sheet: Oral Health and Older Adults / La salud bucal y los adultos de edad avanzada (OHNEP/ACP)
- Brushing Someone Else’s Teeth Resource Video (VDH)