Organizations Filed Purposes:
WE PROVIDE AFFORDABLE, HIGH-QUALITY ORAL HEALTHCARE WITH COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATION, CLINICAL AND WELLNESS SERVICES FOR DISADVANTAGED SENIORS IN NEED, ENABLING THEM TO LIVE HEALTHY AND PRODUCTIVE LIVES.
TO PROVIDE ORAL HEALTHCARE, EDUCATIONAL AND WELLNESS SERVICES TO DISADVANTAGED SENIOR CITIZENS
IN 2019, 672 UNDUPLICATED PATIENTS WERE TREATED FOR A TOTAL OF 3,523 VISITS AT THE TWO LOCATIONS. GIVEN THAT THE PATIENT POPULATION HAS GONE YEARS WITHOUT ORAL HEALTHCARE AND HAVE COMPLICATED MEDICAL HISTORIES, MANY PATIENTS REQUIRE MORE VISITS THAN THE AVERAGE ADULT, ASEVIDENCED BY OUR LARGE NUMBER OF VISITS. 448 SENIORS COMPLETED THEIR TREATMENT PLAN AND THE REMAINDER WERE ONGOING PATIENTS AT THE END OF THE YEAR. CONFIRMING THE NEED FOR SERVICES, ONLY 5% OF APPOINTMENTS WERE NO-SHOWS. AS PART OF THE INTEGRATED CARE WITHIN A SENIOR COMMUNITY WELLNESS CENTER, 291 SENIORS COMPLETED A COMPREHENSIVE GERIATRIC DENTAL ASSESSMENT PRIOR TO TREATMENT. IF NO URGENT DENTAL NEED WAS PRESENT, SENIORS ATTENDED AN ORAL HEALTH EDUCATION WORKSHOP THAT WAS TAUGHT IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES BY A REGISTERED DENTAL HYGIENIST. 264 SENIORS COMPLETED DENTAL EDUCATION CLASSES. THE SENIOR DENTAL CENTER OPENED ITS SECOND LOCATION IN 2019 IN SAN MARCOS, CA. THIS OFFICE IS CO-LOCATED WITH GARY AND MARY WEST PACE (PROGRAM OF ALL-INCLUSIVE CARE FOR THE ELDERLY), THAT PROVIDES INTEGRATED, COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL AND SUPPORT SERVICES TO SENIORS WITH CHRONIC NEEDS WHILE ALLOWING THEM TO AGE IN PLACE. EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE INDIVIDUALS RECEIVING CARE FROM THE CENTER ARE COVERED BY CALIFORNIA'S MEDI-CAL DENTAL PROGRAM, THE CALIFORNIA STATE MEDICAID PROGRAM FRO IMPOVERISHED AND OTHER ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS AND AS SUCH DID NOT MAKE PAYMENTS FOR THAT CARE. SENIORS WITHOUT COVERAGEPAY ACCORDING TO A SLIDING SCALE FEE BASED ON INCOME. THE MAJORITY OF THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE 100% AT OR BELOW THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL AND PAY $10 PER PROCEDURE. UCR FOR 2019- $1,304,443.
IN ADDITION TO ITS SERVICES TO PATIENTS, THE CENTER COLLABORATED WITH MEDICAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS IN ASSESSING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ORAL HEALTH AND GENERAL PHYSICAL HEALTH IN HUMANS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO RECEIVE MINIMAL DENTAL AND HEALTH CARE SERVICES DUE TO VARIOUS DISADVANTAGES
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Karen Becerra | CEO/DENTAL DIRECTOR | 60 | $210,341 |
| Vicki Petropolous | DENTIST | 35 | $163,179 |
| Paul Downey | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Shelley Lyford | DIRECTOR & SECRETARY | 2 | $0 |
| Marc Harper | DIRECTOR & VP/TREASURER | 2 | $0 |
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