Conference: Elders' Oral Health Summit

描述（由申请人提供）：在过去的50年里，美国老年人的口腔健康状况得到了显着改善，但在口腔健康状况和获得护理方面的重要差距仍然存在于体弱，慢性病，贫困和“少数民族”老年人中。 我们建议于2004年9月13日和14日在波士顿举行一次为期两天的研讨会。这个研讨会，计划作为一个后续行动，“口腔健康在美国：外科医生的报告”（2000年），将严格审查我们所知道的，我们需要知道的决定因素，获得牙齿护理和口腔健康的老年人。我们将制定和优先考虑与老年人获得口腔保健和资助有关的研究建议，作为制定改善服务不足的老年人获得口腔保健的计划的前奏。因此，本次会议的具体目标是：1。系统地审查国家（美国）的数据，获得牙科保健之间的社区居住，以及体弱和机构化的老年人; 2。检查美国老年人获得护理和口腔健康的决定因素; 3.审查穷人、少数种族和族裔在获得和口腔健康方面的差距; 4.比较美国与其他发达国家人口老龄化的牙科保健; 5.有系统地检讨美国及世界各地长者（包括体弱、贫穷及种族组别）的牙科护理资助情况;及6.描述我们所知道的和需要知道的关于改善老年人获得口腔保健的机会，包括未来资助老年人牙科保健的选择。在为期两天的研讨会之前，将编写文献的系统综述，作为背景文件。这些论文将根据研讨会的讨论进行修订，并与进一步研究的建议和行动计划一起提交，作为一个包在牙科教育杂志上发表。研讨会和研究议程的摘要将提交给《美国牙科协会杂志》、《牙科卫生事务和特别护理》以及美国退休人员协会、老年妇女联盟和灰豹组织的消费者出版物。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Oral Health in American eiders has improved dramatically over the past 5 decades, yet important disparities in oral health status and access to care remain among the frail, chronically ill, the poor, and "minority" elders. We propose a two-day workshop to be held in Boston on September 13 and 14, 2004. This workshop, planned as a follow-up to "Oral Health in America: A Report of the Surgeon General" (2000), will critically examine what we know and what we need to know regarding determinants of access to dental care and oral health among elders. We will develop and prioritize recommendations for research related to access to, and financing of oral health care among elders, as a prelude to the development of a plan for improving access to oral health care for underserved elders. Thus the specific aims of this conference are to: 1. Systematically review national (US) data on access to dental care among community dwelling as well as the frail and institutionalized elderly; 2. Examine determinants of access to care and oral health among older Americans; 3. Examine disparities in access and oral health among the poor, and racial and ethnic minorities; 4. Compare the access to dental care in the US with access in other developed nations with aging populations; 5. Systematically review the financing of dental care among the elderly, including the frail, the poor and racial groups in the US and around the world; and 6. Describe what we know and need to know about improving access to oral health care for elders including options for financing elders' dental care in the future. Systematic reviews of the literature will be prepared prior to the two-day workshop to serve as background papers. These papers will be revised based on discussions at the workshop, and submitted with recommendations for further research and a plan of action, as a package for publication in the Journal of Dental Education. Summaries of the workshop and Research agendas will be submitted to Journal of the American Dental Association, Health Affairs and Special Care in Dentistry as well as Consumer publications from the AARP, the Older Women's League and the Gray Panthers.