Times Change But the Work Remains:
Transformation, Resilience, Equity & Inclusion
Conference Schedule
Day 1 (October 12, 2022)
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Description
The Article 81 Guardianship training for Commissioners, Adult Protective Services (APS) Supervisors, Case Workers, and County Attorneys training is an all-day, in-depth look at Article 81, focusing on the role of APS in guardianships. In particular, subjects covered will include:
- Pre-guardianship (APS as the petitioner, or as an appointed guardian, the court evaluator, or attorney for the Alleged Incapacitated Person)
- Pleadings
- Special remedies available under statute
- Post-appointment procedures
- Duties and responsibilities of the guardian
- Preparation of initial and annual reports
The training will also focus on current guardianship issues such as:
- Adult Abuse and guardianship remedies
- HIPAA/confidentiality
- The Mentally impaired
- End-of-life issues
- Housing issues
The completion of this training satisfies New York State Office of Court Administration requirements for Article 81 Guardianship Training. Attorneys will qualify for Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credits upon completion.
Speakers
Morgan Thurston, Esq., Assistant Welfare Attorney, Onondaga County Department of Law, NY
Mark Maves, Esq., The Learning & Development Projects at the Silberman School of Social Work Hunter College
Day 2 (October 13, 2022)
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Description
The COVID public health emergency created significant challenges for the aging services network to provide essential nutrition, necessary household and personal supplies and socialization to address isolation. The network not only created a new business model but creatively modified their services in lasting measures.
Learning Objectives:
- Learn how the aging network adapted programming
- Learn how new service delivery models were developed with partnerships
- Understand how the network exceeded expectations
- Understand what changes continue and lessons learned
Speakers
Greg Olsen, MSW, Director, New York State Office for the Aging (NYSOFA)
Becky Preve, Executive Director, Association on Aging in New York
Track: MDTs and EMDTs, multi-disciplinary collaboration
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Description
Each year thousands of Americans become victims of Identity (ID) Theft. We call it a loss of financial DNA; these losses are tremendously violating, hurtful and life-changing to older adults. This workshop will focus on the impact of ID Theft and how you can minimize your exposure and your client’s exposure of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) losses. Postal Inspectors will also provide a quick rundown on retaining correct information to assist with ID theft investigations.
Learning Objectives:
- Understanding and recognizing identity theft
- Prevention tips to minimize victimization
- Recovering from identity theft
- Best practices
Speakers
Donna M. Harris, Public Information Representative, U.S. Postal Inspection Service
Christine Cullen, Inspector, U.S. Postal Inspection Services
Track: Abuse
NEW – THIS WILL BE A HYBRID WORKSHOP PRESENTED SIMULTANEOUSLY IN A WORKSHOP AT THE ADULT ABUSE TRAINING INSTITUTE AND ON WEBEX.
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Description
This workshop will discuss the importance of collaboration of law enforcement and APS when working an elder abuse case. Through a case study, presenters will provide the facts of the case, challenges met, and how they successfully overcame those challenges to successfully prosecute the offender and protect the victim from further abuse.
Learning Objectives:
- Recognize the importance of the partnership between APS and Law Enforcement
- Describe the challenges and solutions when working an elder abuse case
Speakers
Mary Ann Cryn-Murphy, Steuben County Social Services – APS
Jonathan Manley, Investigator, New York State Police (Pending)
Tracks: MDTs and EMDTs, Abuse and multi-disciplinary collaboration
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Description
New York City’s Adult Protective Services will discuss some of the challenges
experienced during the pandemic as well as the importance of cultivating existing partnerships. Establishing new collaborative relationships and partnerships became necessary to assure continuity of service delivery.
Learning Objectives:
- Recognize the importance of partnership
- Describe the nexus between partnerships and mitigating risk
Speakers
Jose Perez, Director, NYC-HRA-Adult Protective Services
Ternesia Calhoun, Deputy Director, NYC-HRA-Adult Protective Services
Lafiette Wells, LMSW, Social Work Supervisor, NYC-HRA-Adult Protective Services
Kerrine Samuels, MSW, Social Worker, NYC-HRA-Adult Protective Services
Track: Service Provision, MDT’s, EMDT’s and multi-disciplinary collaboration
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Description
What is the purpose of progress notes in adult abuse cases? The Do’s and Don’ts of good progress note taking. How to develop good skill in note taking.
Learning Objectives:
- Why case notes and documentation is important
- How information should be included in case notes
- Techniques to improve writing notes
- What is the purpose of progress notes in adult abuse cases? The Do’s and Don’ts of good progress note taking.
- How to develop good strong or competent skills in note taking.
Speakers
John J. Fella, MSW, Deputy Commissioner, Rockland County Department of Social Services
Trace Wager, Case Supervisor, Orange County DSS
Track: Documentation and case work practice
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Description
The New York State Caregiving and Respite Coalition (NYSCRC) and the New York State Office for the Aging (NYSOFA) work together to build a sustainable Lifespan Respite Care system in New York State. Attendees will learn about the resources available through NYSCRC and some exciting new initiatives, such as the respite voucher program, respite working training project, and efforts to support working caregivers.
Learning Objectives:
- Gain an awareness of the Lifespan Respite Program in New York State
- Learn about the Respite Worker Training Pilot Project and Respite Registry
- Understand how NYSCRC supports working caregivers
- Learn about the respite voucher program
Speakers
Doris Green, BA, MPH, Director, New York State Caregiving and Respite Coalition (NYSCRC)
Deana Prest, Caregiver Support Program Director, NYSOFA
Abbey Derepentigny, LMSW, Long Term Care Systems Specialist, NYSOFA
Sharon Cackett, BA, MS, Assistant Director, New York State Caregiving and Respite Coalition (NYSCRC)
Track: Documentation and case work practice
Director
OCFS Bureau of Adult Services
Commissioner
NYS Office of Children and Family Services
Acting Director
New York State Office for the Aging
Hon. Deborah A. Kaplan
Deputy Chief Administrative Judge
for the New York City Courts
Chair
New York State Judicial Committee on Elder Justice
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Description
You’ve submitted your funding application, crossed your fingers and toes, and received your grant. Now what? How do you take your brainchild from paper to the real world? This workshop will discuss how to launch a new initiative using the Elder Abuse Interventions and Enhanced Multidisciplinary Teams (E-MDT) Initiative as a case study. E-MDTs enable successful cross-systems collaboration to address the complex needs of older adults who are victims of abuse. Since launching as a pilot in 2012, E-MDTs have become an important part of an overall effective strategy to address elder abuse. The presenters will provide an overview of the behind-the-scenes work that went into launching the Elder Abuse E-MDT Initiative. The topics covered will include engaging with stakeholders, conducting needs and readiness assessments, drafting and issuing RFAs, establishing programmatic policies, potential pitfalls to beware of, and more.
Learning Objectives:
- Participants will learn about the administrative aspect of launching a new initiative
- Participants will learn how to engage with stakeholders, conduct needs and readiness assessments, and draft RFAs, amongst other topics
- Participants will learn about some potential pitfalls to avoid when launching a new initiative
Speakers
Paul Caccamise, LMSW, ACSW, Vice President for Program, Lifespan of Greater Rochester
Lisa Rachmuth, LMSW, Program Administrator, New York City Elder Abuse Center/ Weill Cornell Medicine
Allison Granata, LMSW, Assistant Director for E-MDT Initiatives, Lifespan of Greater Rochester
Track: MDTs and EMDTs
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Description
This interactive workshop will focus on inclusive decision-making for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. The misconception that dementia defines capacity often promotes stigma and feelings of isolation for those living with dementia and their families. Participants will gain an understanding of the assumption of capacity and its empowering effect. The session will provide evidence-based strategies for reducing stigma associated with dementia and creating a dementia-inclusive environment.
Learning Objectives:
- Participants will understand dementia as a group of symptoms with many causes
- Participants will learn about the presumption of capacity and the different tools available to assess decision-making abilities
- Participants will learn the myths and misconceptions that promote stigma about dementia
- Participants will learn techniques to empower those with dementia and their families
Speakers
Eileen Griffin, Aging Services Program Analyst, New York State Office for the Aging
Gina Cook, MSW, Special Assistant, New York State Office for the Aging
Diane Van Dusen, LMSW, Long Term Care Systems Specialist 2, New York State Office for the Aging
Track: Service provision
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Description
This workshop covers important changes to the Medicaid program in 2022 that limit access to long-term care benefits. Come to this workshop to learn how new rules are restricting eligibility for Medicaid home care; and how to plan to qualify for benefits and finance the cost long-term care. We will look ahead to changes enacted in the 2023 New York State budget that expand the income and resource allowances for Medicaid, and discuss technology advancements for real-time health monitoring in the home.
Learning Objectives:
- Teach about the new rules restricting eligibility for Medicaid
- Learning how to plan to qualify for benefits
- Learn ways of financing the cost of long-term care
- Discuss technology advancements for health monitoring in homes
Speakers
Louis Pierro, Esq., Founding Partner, Pierro, Connor & Strauss
Frank E. Hemming, Esq., Senior Associate Attorney, Pierro, Connor & Strauss
Track: Service provision
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Description
Learn the basics of the Family Type Home for Adults program and how they can enhance your community housing options for dependent adults.
Learning Objectives:
- Provide overview and purpose of FTHA program
- Highlight governing regulations
- Discuss recruitment and retention
- Questions and answers
Speakers
Lisl Maloney, Children and Family Services Specialist 2, New York State Office of Children and Family Services
Susan Hollander, Children and Family Services Specialist 2, New York State Office of Children and Family
Track: Service provision
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Description
Misconceptions about the aging process are common, even among those who work with older adults professionally. Recent research has shed new light on what it means to grow old. In this workshop Dr. Machemer will cover what constitutes normal aging versus disease process, with a focus on persons with life-long disabilities. Learn about what’s normal and what abnormal physiological changes you may expect as your clients – and you – grow older.
Learning Objectives:
- Learn what to expect in the normal aging process
- Dispel common myths about aging
- Recognize resilience in yourself and your clients as individuals who are aging
Speakers
Richard Machemer, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Depts. Of Biology and Gerontology, St. John Fisher College
Track: Service provision
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Description
The purpose of this workshop is to examine key points of Article 81 Guardianship from the perspective of a guardianship judge, a court evaluator, a lawyer for the Alleged Incapacitated Person (AIP) and a client advocate. This will be a facilitated panel discussion that will highlight the importance of the least restrictive measure, the impact of the Elder Justice Innovation grant to improve guardianship, improve access to guardianship for minoritized populations, and examine the intersection of racism and ageism, its impacts on the Article 81 Guardianship process and work that the Office of Court Administration has done to address these disparities.
This will be an exciting process with time left for questions and comments from the audience.
Learning Objectives:
- Discuss the intersection of racism and ageism
- Reframe our thought process to always consider the least restrictive alternative
- Review the importance of multi-disciplinary collaboration (New York State Judicial Committee on Elder Justice, etc.)
- What does reimagining guardianship look like?
Speakers
Hon. Lisa S. Ottley, Justice of the Supreme Court, Kings County, Civil Term
Brian Balmes, Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of Deputy Chief Administrative Judge, Honorable Deborah A. Kaplan
Joan Levenson, Esq., Special Counsel to Deputy Chief Administrative Judge. Hon. Deborah Kaplan
Lisa Rachmuth, LMSW, Executive Director of the New York City Elder Abuse Center/ Weill Cornell Medical
Ivette Callender, Managing Director SelfHelp Community Guardian Program
Barry Clarke, Esq.
Track: Involuntary interventions vs. self-determination
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Description
This will be an opportunity for participants to dialogue about their experiences working with younger vulnerable and at risk-clients, recognizing that it is challenging to find effective interventions.
Area of Focus: Clients who are 59 years old or younger:
- Who may have aged out of the child welfare or foster care systems without resources or basic life skills
- Who may be afflicted by substance use issues
- For whom it can be very difficult to provide services and/or effective interventions
Learning Objectives:
- Build a knowledge base from experts in the field of effective practices and interventions
- To use information shared for the development of a profile that will identify key characteristics of this population
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The events of the past two years, namely the COVID-19 public health crisis, and global protests against racial injustice, have set the stage for examination of the intersection of these phenomena. Research suggests that race-related stress creates negative health outcomes for African Americans. Join a dialogue with presenters from Weill Cornell Medicine/ NYC Elder Abuse Center, JASA, and Mount Sinai about the causes of race-related stress, its impact on adults who have experienced abuse, and implications for service providers who aim to deliver just and healing services to older adults.
Learning Objectives:
- Define race-related stress and causes as they relate to adults of color
- Identify the correlation between race-related stress and health and outcomes
- Evaluate the impact of race-related stress on older adult victims of abuse
- Identify best practices for delivering just services for older adults of diverse populations
Speakers
Grace Cheong, LMSW, Program Manager, National Elder Abuse Multidisciplinary Team Training and Technical Assistance Center, Weill Cornell Medicine/ NYC Elder Abuse Center
Leigh Goulbourne, BA, Technical Assistance Program Coordinator, Weill Cornell Medicine/ NYC Elder Abuse Center
Florian Edwards, LMSW, Senior Director, Protective Services, Jewish Association Serving the Aging (JASA)
Acanthus Fairley, LCSW, Employee Assistance Counselor, Mount Sinai Health System’s Employee Assistance Program
Track: Equity and inclusion
NEW – THIS WILL BE A HYBRID WORKSHOP PRESENTED SIMULTANEOUSLY IN A WORKSHOP AT THE ADULT ABUSE TRAINING INSTITUTE AND ON WEBEX.
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Description
The stress associated with working with older and vulnerable populations is significantly exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. This interactive workshop engages participants in a discussion of work stressors and how they impact health and job functioning. The role of self-care in decreasing the effects of stress will be discussed. Come to this workshop to learn the application of wellness coaching techniques to start and maintain wellness activities. Each participant will engage in planning and initiating a self-care plan that focuses on making one positive change in the next six weeks.
Learning Objectives:
- Explore how participants experience work stress
- Explain the seven dimensions of wellness using the Andrew Weil Integrative Medicine model
- Evaluate current levels of self-care in each dimension of care
- Articulate the key principles of wellness coaching
- Plan and implement one new self-care/support activity rooted in their primary motivation for self-care
Speakers
Stacey B. Plichta, ScD, CPH, IHelp, Professor, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy
Track: Service provision
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Description
Findings from Alzheimer’s Association surveys indicate that despite ongoing efforts to address health and healthcare disparities in Alzheimer’s and dementia care, there is still much work to do. Action is needed to ensure that the already devastating burden of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias on disproportionately affected racial and ethnic groups is not made worse by discrimination and health inequities in the current healthcare system. Access to Alzheimer’s care and support services is critical to a caregiver’s success, and a lack of these supports can be detrimental to their wellbeing, as well as the well-being of the care recipient. This workshop will explore the experiences and challenges of caregivers in communities of color, what research has found as barriers to care and support in this area, how unconscious biases of service providers can play a limiting role in supporting these communities and best practices for equitable and inclusive service delivery.
Learning Objectives:
- Participants will identify benefits of care and support for Alzheimer’s caregivers and care recipients
- Participants will identify the experiences and challenges of caregivers in communities of color, as well as barriers to care and support
- Participants will identify best practices for equitable and inclusive service delivery
Speakers
Erica Salamida, BS, Director of Community Outreach, Alzheimer’s Association, New York State Coalition
Track: Equity and inclusion
NEW – THIS WILL BE A HYBRID WORKSHOP PRESENTED SIMULTANEOUSLY IN A WORKSHOP AT THE ADULT ABUSE TRAINING INSTITUTE AND ON WEBEX.
Description
PEARLS, an evidence-based practice, which provides short-term, problem solving and behavioral activation, has been an effective modality for older adults. Trained staff assess and help clients identify skills proven to lessen depressive symptoms. Participants will be introduced to basic PEARLS components with time for questions. Incorporating collaboration and out-of-the-box thinking will reassure client, family and clinician that we can reach and make a difference in the older adult’s life anywhere they live.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify signs and symptoms of depression and review PHQ9 tool
- Understand the basic tenets of PEARLS and problem-solving therapy
- Identify 2-3 challenges in providing mental health counseling in a post-Covid world to older adults and 2-3 ways to deal with these challenges
Speakers
Harriet Blank, LCSW, Director of Older Adult Services, Ohel Children’s Home and Family Services
Track: Social isolation and service provision
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Description
It is important to engage adult survivors of trauma through a strength-based approach, recruiting the connections and beliefs that signify safety for those survivors. Older survivors of abuse report that a spiritual connection is critical to their identity, their decision-making, and their healing. In this active, experiential workshop, participants will learn about supporting the value of spirituality in engagement and healing for adult abuse survivors and discuss the practicability of delivering trauma-informed interventions and services for adult abuse survivors.
We will discuss:
- What is a “spiritual” connection?
- Is spiritual connection different than faith?
- How is a spiritual connection understood in diverse cultural backgrounds?
- How might a spiritual connection relate to the experience of abuse-related trauma?
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the term spirituality as differentiated from faith and religion
- Identify the relation of spirituality to trauma-informed care practices
- Examine the conceptualization of spirituality and abuse-related trauma for adults of diverse cultural backgrounds
- Analyze the potential value of bringing spirituality into interventions and services for adult abuse survivors
Speakers
Ayana Mortley, M.Ed, Training Coordinator, Weill Cornell Medicine/ NYC Elder Abuse Center
Rabbi Marcelle Hohl, Pastoral Counselor of JASA Senior Community Connection, Jewish Association Serving the Aging (JASA)
Dina Patel, MD, MBA, Geriatric Psychiatrist, New York City Elder Abuse Center/Weill Cornell Medicine
Track: Service provision
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Description
Long-term care is a variety of services which help meet both the medical and nonmedical needs of people who are aged or have a chronic illness or disability who cannot care for themselves for long periods of time. It is common for long-term care to provide custodial and non-skilled care, such as assisting with normal daily tasks like dressing, bathing, and using the bathroom.
This workshop will review who may be eligible for Managed Long Term Care (MLTC) services including eligibility criteria and the new NYIA assessment process. We will also discuss using the MLTC plan and how to resolve any issues with the plan or services.
The presenter is a member of the New York State Ombudsman program ICAN, Independent Consumer Advocacy Network, for people with Medicaid who need Long Term Care.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand what Long Term Care Services are
- Understand the Long Term Care enrollment process
- Understand how ICAN assists New Yorkers enroll and use their Long Term Care plan
Speakers
Kathleen Clarke, Medicaid Updates and Assisting Vulnerable Adults ICAN Coordinator, Healthy Capital District
Track: Service provision
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Description
This workshop will provide an overview of Article 81 and Article 17-a Guardianships, their substantive and procedural differences (including a discussion of legal capacity, generally, and more specifically, in guardianship proceedings) and a review of recent guardianship cases with a focus on cases where guardianship petitions were denied, or guardianships terminated, even where there are cognitive limitations or deficits. The Presenters will also discuss the Supported Decision Making Agreement Act (MHL Article 82) and its impact.
Learning Objectives:
- An overview of Article 81 and Article 17-a Guardianships
- Analysis of NY guardianship cases that have been denied, or guardianships have been terminated including guardianships where the individual has cognitive limitations or deficits
- Review of newly enacted Mental Hygiene Law Article 82 (Supported Decision Making Agreement Act)
Speakers
Joan Levenson, Esq., Special Counsel to Deputy Chief Administrative Judge. Hon. Deborah Kaplan
Morgan Thurston, Esq., Assistant Welfare Attorney, Onondaga County Department of Law, NY
Track: Service provision
Day 3 (October 14, 2022)
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Description
This will be an opportunity for participants to dialogue about their experiences working with younger vulnerable and at risk clients, recognizing that it is challenging to find effective interventions.
Area of Focus: Clients who are 59 years old or younger:
- Who may have aged out of the child welfare or foster care systems without resources or basic life skills
- Who may be afflicted by substance use issues
- For whom it can be very difficult to provide services and/or effective interventions
Learning Objectives:
- Build a knowledge base from experts in the field of effective practices and interventions
- To use information shared for the development of a profile that will identify key characteristics of this population
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Description
Between 2020 and 2021, Lifespan of Greater Rochester collaborated with New York State Office of Victim Services to sponsor the third New York State Elder Abuse Summit. Like previous Summits in 2004 and 2010, the goal was to update the statewide work plan for elder abuse services throughout New York State. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the co-sponsors chose to hold the Summit as a series of virtual event. The focus of the Summit was underserved and marginalized older adult groups in the state including Black/African American, Latino/a, Native American, LGBTQ, New American and rural populations. This workshop will describe the comprehensive process the Summit adopted to explore the needs of underserved older citizens and create a work plan, an Action Agenda, for New York to remedy gaps in service provision for these groups.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the process the New York State Elder Abuse Summit implemented to develop an updated Action Agenda for elder abuse services in New York State
- Be able to describe the unique needs of elder abuse victims and those at risk of mistreatment and exploitation from underserved older adult groups in New York State
- Understand how the Action Agenda will be implemented in New York State and the role of Adult Protective Services and other human services organizations in promoting outreach and access to services for all older adult populations
Speakers
Paul Caccamise, LMSW, ACSW, Vice President for Program, Lifespan of Greater Rochester
Tracey Siebert-Konopko, LMSW, Assistant Director for Education, Training and Research – Upstate Elder Abuse Center, Lifespan of Greater Rochester
Track: Equity and inclusion
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Description
This workshop will explore how organizational leaders currently support frontline workers and promote worker wellness. It will assist leaders at every level to design new strategies to support workers in a rapidly changing environment using a Plan-Do- Study-Act (PDSA) approach. It also presents a framework for creating a plan for worker self-care. Information on existing and current occupational hazards is presented along with evidence-based strategies for reducing the risks associated with these hazards. Opportunities for participants to share strategies will be provided.
Learning Objectives:
- Discuss organizational strategies to help workers implement self-care
- Plan and implement one new self-care/support activity for frontline workers using a PDSA approach
- Explain the business case for worker wellness
- Incorporate worker wellness into strategic planning
Speakers
Stacey B. Plichta, ScD, CPH, IHelp, Professor, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy
Track: Service provision
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Description
The panel will discuss the Matter of Fratarcangelo. This will include background and initial dynamics with the AIP, lack of guardianship reports, financial exploitation concerns, “red flags” in forensic accounting and the court’s obligation to assess an AIP’s wishes, functional limitations, needs and to tailor a disposition to the person’s functional level. The Court required the AIP to take specific actions to ensure proper management of her property and personal needs.
Learning Objectives:
Review Judge Guy’s Decision re: Article 81 Guardianship
Understand how Article 81 dispositions must be tailored to functional limitations: Regardless of whether the court appoints a guardian
Understand how forensic accounting can assist with the evaluation of potential financial exploitation and the determination of both functional limitations and necessary interventions
Speakers
Vinton Bovier Stevens, Esq., Assistant County Attorney, Schuyler County Attorney’s Office
Hon. David H. Guy, Surrogate Judge, Broome County Surrogate’s Court
Karen Webber, CPA, CFE, WBE/WOSB; BS/MS, President, Webber CPA PLLC
Justin Harby-Conforti, Esq., Principal Court Attorney, Broome County Surrogate’s Court
Bekka Weichenthal, MA, BS, APS Supervisor, Schuyler County DSS
Track: Involuntary interventions vs. self-determination
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Description
This workshop will provide an overview of the misuse of substances by older adults including alcohol, prescription drugs and opioids. Workshop presenters will cover what constitutes a Substance Use Disorder (SUD), reasons behind misuse, and signs and symptoms of misuse among older persons often missed by family and professionals. Presenters will discuss preventive and harm reduction treatment options for the older adult population.
Narcan training will also be incorporated into the workshop. Participants will learn how to administer the single step nasal spray, Narcan (Naloxone) and will each receive a Narcan kit.
Learning Objectives:
- Learn patterns of substance misuse, including misuse of opioids, among older adults in the US
- Recognize symptoms of misuse and learn reasons underlying abuse of alcohol, prescription drugs and opioids.
- Learn about the harm reduction model of substance abuse treatment.
- Learn how to administer an opioid overdose reversal agent (Naloxone or NARCAN)
Speakers
Ann Olin, MA, CRC, CASAC, CCM, Program Manager, Geriatric Addictions Center, Lifespan of Greater Rochester Inc.
Clara De Sanctis Johnson, Program Coordinator, New York State DOH, New York State Opioid Overdose Prevention Initiative
Track: Service provision
Director
OCFS Bureau of Adult Services