Has anyone taken a CE that practices dementia-friendly communication and safe wheelchair positioning, not just slides? I’m in Cincinnati, need 6 CEUs by May, and I’m looking for practical, gentle strategies for xerostomia/polypharmacy cases, minimizing startle with suction, and navigating SDF consent in memory care.
For ‘minimizing startle with suction,’ I let them feel the tip and hear it on the back of their hand first, then slide it to the commissure while I say ‘3–2-1’ softly; it adds a minute but cut refusals a lot in our memory care days… If you’re in Cincinnati and need 6 CEUs by May, I can share a nearby hands-on option if you’re open to a short drive.
If you can swing a day trip, OSU College of Dentistry CE sometimes runs a hands-on dementia and wheelchair transfer lab — good way to grab your 6 CEUs by May; check dentistry.osu.edu/ce. For SDF consent in memory care, I use a one-page visual with ‘paint to make the cavity sleepy’ and get POA initials chairside to keep it gentle and quick. If Cincinnati options are thin, Columbus is an easy fallback.
I dropped runout from 0.018 to 0.007 mm by swapping to an AA‑class 1.6000 mm gauge pin and rotating it 180° while watching the dial — the cheap pin itself was about 0.01 mm out. @OP have you tried an AA/AAA pin or checking if the high spot follows the pin? At 35k RPM that error magnifies, so verify the pin grade and measure at the collet nose, then again 5 mm out to separate taper from pin error.