Event Description:
Empowering Communities to Provide Services in a New Age
Focus on Vulnerable Adults
Financial, Legal, Mental, Social and Healthcare Perspectives
May 18, 2012
8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
United Way
50 Waugh Drive
Houston, Texas
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This mini-conference, commemorating Older Americans Month, is designed to:
• enhance job skills and provide opportunities to exchange knowledge and ideas with other professionals
• address community concerns and issues related to elder/adult abuse and neglect
• elevate public awareness of abuse, neglect, and exploitation of the elderly and people with disabilities
• foster collaboration among those who serve, treat or represent victims of elder abuse
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Carmel Dyer, MD, FACP, AGSF
Roy M. and Phyllis Gough Huffington Chair in Gerontology
Professor and Executive Vice-chairman of Internal Medicine
Director of the Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine
Executive Director of the Consortium on Aging
Chief, Geriatric and Palliative Medicine - LBJ and Memorial Hermann Hospitals
