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Conference on Abuse of Elders and Adults with Disabilities11/1/20178:15am5pm
Venue
Burien, Washington 98148
Improving Our Response: An Exploration of New Laws and Innovative StrategiesWashington State’s 14th Annual Conference on Abuse of Elders and Adults with Disabilities
Presentations include:
- “The Role of a Geriatrician on a Multidisciplinary Team”
Laura Mosqueda, M.D., Professor and Chair of Family Medicine and Geriatrics, Director, National Center on Elder Abuse, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California - “How Multidisciplinary Teams Turbo-Charge Elder Abuse Responses”
Risa Breckman, LCSW, Director, NYC Elder Abuse Center at Weill Cornell Medicine’s Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine - “New Tools to Combat Elder and Vulnerable Adult Abuse”
Hans Juhl, Attorney, Ryan, Swanson & Cleveland, PLLC; Amy Freeman, Attorney, Washington State Long-Term Care Ombudsman; Andrea Kadlec, Regional Developmental Disabilities Ombuds; Page Ulrey, Senior Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office - “Thinking Outside of the Box: Alaska’s Use of Financial Abuse Protection Orders to Stop Unknown Scammers”
Beth Goldstein, Supervising Attorney, Alaska Office of Elder Fraud and Assistance - “Helping Victims Fight the Mistreatment through Improving Detection and Treatment of Depression”
Jo Anne Sirey, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine - “How to Form a Multidisciplinary Team in Your Jurisdiction”
Risa Breckman, LCSW, Director, NYC Elder Abuse Center at Weill Cornell Medicine’s Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
This conference is open to law enforcement, prosecutors, advocates, members of the Attorney General’s Office, elder law attorneys, guardians, social workers, DSHS employees, Ombudsmen, health care providers, employees of financial institutions, and others who work or volunteer in the area of detection, treatment, prevention, investigation, or prosecution of abuse of elders and adults with disabilities and related fields. Note: the conference is not open to the general public.
This conference is sponsored by the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, AARP, Aging and Disability Services/Seattle-King County, Alzheimer’s Association, Disability Rights Washington, DSHS/Aging and Long-Term Support Administration, King County VAWA Stop Grant, Office of Developmental Disabilities Ombuds, and Washington State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program.