California Turns Its Back on Special Needs

Who believes that Special Needs should be held to the same expectations as the General Public?

The Dept of Health Care Services does **
We are told that SPECIAL NEEDS should have the same cognitive and physical abilities as the patient who goes to a local Denti-Cal office or clinic. If they need scaling and periodontal cleanings they should hold still and follow instructions for full mouth X-rays first with their portable dental hygienist. My patients are homebound, bed bound and wheelchair bound. Some are connected to ventilators or have Alzheimer's and would become completely undone if taken somewhere unfamiliar. That is why we were licensed to treat independently in homes and facilities. We have done this successfully without X-Ray requirements for years. There are no reports of problems or wrong doing. So why now?

CALL TO ACTION!!

These clients need your help!!!

The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) will require RDHAPs to take full mouth xrays of patients requiring scaling and 3 month periodontal maintenance starting in 2016 -This will be a disaster for the Denti-Cal patients and for the RDHAP's practice

What you can do: SIGN THE PETITION !!

Governor Brown STOP the Department from implementing this senseless dental hygiene policy. It is a policy that will only harm special needs patients and drive more providers from the Denti-Cal program.

Independent hygienists, Registered Dental Hygienists in Alternative Practice (RDHAPs), have improved the health and quality of life for many of our loved ones who cannot access a traditonal dental office.

PLEASE HELP 😀. SIGN THE PETITION!!!

The bureaucrats are committed to the belief that all care must be provided the same way regardless of the needs of the patient!!!

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Update #28 years ago
The Holiday weekend has ended and we are half way there! Now that we can focus a bit I am challenging everyone to get one other person to sign. That's it! Just ONE. Be it a family member, your best friend or your next door neighbor. If we do it together we can watch the numbers rise before our very eyes. Check back in tomorrow and see YOUR results!!
Update #18 years ago
We're nearly a third way there! And it's only been 2 days!
Please re share or re tweet. Send the link via email or by
Text message and check with your family, friends, your
neighbors and all your contacts at your facilities if you are
an RDHAP in CA. People are signing From all over.
Send to your local ALS, MS society, senior care organizations,
your local Alzheimer's society too. We can do this together!!
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