Join me as I interview Bennett Blum, MD, “Undue Influence - How Seniors are Being Manipulated and Abused by their Families,” on Sept. 12th at 11AM PST

Join me as I interview Bennett Blum, MD, “Undue Influence - How Seniors are Being Manipulated and Abused by their Families,” on Sept. 12th at 11AM PST. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kindethics/2011/09/12/bennett-blum-md-undue-influence–a-danger-for-seniors

Bennett Blum, M.D., is an internationally acclaimed physician specializing in both forensic psychiatry and geriatric psychiatry. An expert on the evaluation of undue influence and associated manipulation tactics, Dr. Blum has consulted on hundreds of legal cases throughout the United States and internationally - including the precedent-setting United Nations trial of General Pavle Strugar. This was the first full competency hearing at an International War Crimes Tribunal since Nuremberg.

Dr. Blum has worked with major US Government agencies, law enforcement, and research institutes on the prevention, investigation, and litigation of issues related to undue influence and coercion. In 1999, he was the only mental health expert asked to testify at the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation’s hearing on Fraud: Targeting America’s Seniors. From 2002-2004, Dr. Blum was a technical advisor to the Research Triangle Institute for its national study on elder financial exploitation. This study was the basis for the Administration on Aging’s “Financial Exploitation of Older Persons Report.”

In 2005, Dr. Blum participated in an invitation-only policy development conference for the White House Conference on Aging. In 2009, the U.S. State Department sponsored a lecture by Dr. Blum at the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina on the forensic psychiatry analysis of undue influence claims in war crimes trials.

A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of University of Arizona, Dr. Blum received his medical education from the University of Arizona and psychiatric training at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He is a forensic psychiatric consultant to the litigation-consulting firm of Park Dietz & Associates, Inc. (http://www.parkdietzassociates.com/). His work has been published by the National College of Probate Judges, State Bar Associations, and in major medical textbooks -including sections on elder abuse and undue influence in the seventh, eighth, and ninth editions of Kaplan and Sadock’s Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry. Dr. Blum’s work on undue influence assessment is also available in Assessment of Older Adults with Diminished Capacity: A Handbook for Psychologists - published jointly by the American Bar Association’s Commission on Law and Aging and the American Psychological Association.

http://www.bennettblummd.com

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Houston event - May 19th - The Alzheimer’s Association with Amazing Place Adult Day Care - tour at 11:30, lecture from 12-1, lunch served

Houston event - Thursday, May 19th - The Alzheimer’s Association along with Amazing Place Adult Day Care will be hosting Viki speaking about decision making for those without capacity.

Amazing Place
3735 Drexel
Houston, Texas 77027
RSVP: (713) 552-0420
Tour at 11:30, Lecture from 12-1, Lunch served

AMAZING PLACE HOUSTON (where event will be held) http://amazingplacehouston.org/

The mission of Amazing Place is to provide fellowship, memory care and wellness for adults with mild to moderate memory loss and support to their families and the community.

Amazing Place is currently located in a new, state-of-the-art facility where the organization will triple its service to the greater Houston community. Our model day program has been greatly expanded in this new space to offer five unique rooms for participant activities. Caregiver families also have space designed specifically for their training, education, socialization and conferencing with staff.

Our program recognizes the individual needs and abilities of our participants, our welcoming environment encourages friendships, and our professionally trained staff promotes self-efficacy. We offer a variety of activities that build cognitive skills and help to offset the effects of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.

Alzheimer’s Association - Houston and Southeast Texas Chapter http://www.alz.org/texas/

The Houston and Southeast Texas Chapter is one of over 70 Alzheimer’s Association chapters serving communities across the United States; they serve over 140,000 families in Southeast Texas affected by Alzheimer’s disease. The Alzheimer’s Association works on a global, national and local level to enhance care and support for all those affected by Alzheimer’s and related dementias.

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2011 Annual Educational Program - Spirituality and End-of-Life Care on April 13, 2011

2011 Annual Educational Program - Spirituality and End-of-Life Care http://www.hospicefoundation.org

Registration is now open for Hospice Foundation of America’s 18th Annual Living with Grief® educational program, Spirituality and End-of-Life Care. Available on DVD, the 2 1/2 hour program can be shown according to your schedule beginning on April 13, 2011. Need to register via mail or fax? Use this form.

Sponsored By:
Foundation for End-of-Life Care

In Cooperation With:
Dignity Memorial Funeral Providers
National Association of Social Workers
Association for Death Education and Counseling
Department of Veterans Affairs Employee Education System
Why Host a Site?

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HFA Brings the Experts to You! There’s no need for expensive travel and many hours, or even days, away from the office.
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Available only on DVD! You choose the day(s) and time(s) - within certain parameters - you will show the program to make it as convenient for your audiences as possible.
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Low-cost CE Credits! Most boards have approved this program for awarding 3 credits to nurses, social workers, case managers, counselors, and more! (Save on CE Fees, learn how!)
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Excellent for Community Outreach! Many host sites use the program as another opportunity to connect with their community. HFA will provide materials to help you promote this educational event. Learn more about how this year’s program will work.

Register Now! Registration includes:

* one full-length DVD
* a detailed Site Coordinator’s Manual
* 50 Program Guides (with a tip & resource sheet included)
* access to a media kit to help you publicize the event in your area
* other useful program materials

Each registered site coordinator will also receive a complimentary review copy of the 2011 Spirituality and End-of-Life Care book, which features chapters by experts in areas related to the program topic.

HFA is also offering an optional Bonus Package this year: access to three webinar programs that will address aspects of spirituality at life’s end in greater depth. Free CE’s for professionals are included, for the first week after each start date, and are only $5/participant after that date. Webinars will be accessible to registrants for a year after their live air dates. View Bonus Package details.

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Pass this information along to another organization that may want to present this highly-valued educational program. If they haven’t hosted an HFA Living with Grief® site in the last 3 years and they tell us they are registering because you suggested it, we’ll provide both organizations (their and yours) a 20% discount on CE credit fees for all attendees.

Look at the right-hand menu for information about how this year’s program will work, the bonus package, panelist biographies, advertising information and more! Want to share this information with a colleague? Save this flyer (right-click) with all the important information and pass it along.

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2010 National Teleconference - Living with Grief®: Cancer and End-of-Life Care

The 2010 teleconference addresses care options related to cancer diagnoses as well as loss and grief reactions for patients, families and professional caregivers. The program examines psychosocial aspects of cancer, pain management, and ethical issues related to the disease. This program is available as an on-demand program through March 23, 2011 - learn more now!

Looking for resources from a past HFA Teleconference? Visit the Professional Resources section.

Linda Leon will be interviewing Viki on April 7 - 9:30 a.m. PDT - Book That Author on http://www.blogtalkradio.com/book-that-author

April 7 - 9:30 a.m. PDT - Book That Author on http://www.blogtalkradio.com/book-that-author

Media and print producer Linda Leon who hosts Book That Author - a talk show devoted to authors, editors and other book professionals in the writing industry to display their talent, skill, insider information and love for the craft. Linda’s background is in commercial broadcast television. During her 12 years in the industry she hosted and produced several programs which have aired nationally and internationally. She also spent 7 years producing radio broadcasts for an international market. Linda currently owns a video production and author services business. Where she guides independent authors on publishing, publicity and distribution. She also works with them to create infomercials, commercials and trailers to promote their books. She is the author of several books and will be launching her new book Publishing and PR Business For Smart People in 2011. Linda is always busy with her writers group at bookprofessionals.ning.com

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Dennis M. Sandoval, A Professional Law Corporation Proudly Presents The Sixth Annual Inland Empire Caregiver Symposium on April 1 in Riverside, California

Dennis M. Sandoval, A Professional Law Corporation Proudly Presents The Sixth Annual Inland Empire Caregiver Symposium

Friday, April 1, 2011
Time: 8:00 am – 4:30 pm
Location:
California Baptist
University
8432 Magnolia Avenue
Riverside, CA 92504
Copenbarger Dining Room

8:00 Registration
8:30 Opening Remarks
8:45 Making Difficult Decisions for Persons Without Capacity - Speakers: Viki Kind, M.A. and Dennis Sandoval, J.D., CELA
9:45 Morning Break
10:00 Palliative Care – It’s Not What You Might Think - Speaker: Gina Mohr, M.D.
11:00 Improving Outcomes for Non-Compliant Patients - Speaker: Viki Kind, M.A.
Lunch Legacy Planning ? Leaving Behind What is Really Important
Speaker: Dennis Sandoval, J.D.
1:00 End of Life Decision Making - Speakers: Viki Kind, M.A. and Dennis Sandoval, J.D.
2:00 Dealing With Life Loss - Speaker: Victoria Stephan, M.A.
3:00 Afternoon Break
3:15 Helping Families with Care Transitions - Speaker: Paul Velen, M.S., MFT
4:15 Closing Remarks

Academy of Florida Elder Law Attorneys presents the ELDER CONCERT 2011 on Friday, March 25, 2011 – Ft. Lauderdale Marriott North Saturday and on March 26, 2011 – Crowne Plaza Tampa Westshore

Academy of Florida Elder Law Attorneys presents the ELDER CONCERT 2011
Friday, March 25, 2011 – Ft. Lauderdale Marriott North
Saturday, March 26, 2011 – Crowne Plaza Tampa Westshore

7:45 – 9:00am Registration
7:45 – 9:00am Continental Breakfast
(plenary session room)
10:15 – 10:45am Refreshment Break with exhibitors
10:45am – 12:00pm Session Two - Concurrent Workshops
A. Long Term Care Insurance and LTCI “Partnership” Plans: Info and Discussion on
relationship to Medicaid Planning, Financial Planning and Fiduciary Responsibility
B. “Upside Down” Real Estate Problems & Solutions (FT LAUD ONLY)
C. Elder Care Mediation: Learn and discuss this increasingly hot approach for Elder Law
Attorneys, Guardians, Fiduciaries, Health Care providers and Care Facilities to resolve
client problems.
D. Geriatric Care Assessment, Care Plan Development and how Elder Law Attorneys,
Estate Planners, Fiduciaries, Guardians and Care Managers can utilize these tools
E. Funerals, Pre-Paid Plans, Medicaid Planning and Guardianship Issues
12:00 - 1:15pm Luncheon
Speaker: Vicki Kind with Compassionate Care (Sponsored by The Guardian Pooled Trust)
1:30 – 2:45pm Session Three - Concurrent Workshops
A. Medicaid Diversion Waiver Update and Discussion
B. “Upside Down” Real Estate Problems & Solutions (TAMPA ONLY)
C. The New National Health Care Legislation: Update and Discussion
D. Elder Mediation: Learn and discuss this increasingly hot approach for Elder Law
Attorneys, Guardians, Fiduciaries, Health Care providers and Care Facilities to resolve
client problems (FT LAUD ONLY)
E. Types of Guardianship and Transition from Voluntary to Involuntary
F. Understanding Long Term Care Facilities: Gaining Admission, Financing the stay and
Maintaining quality care.
2:45 – 3:00pm Refreshment Break with exhibitors
3:00 – 4:15pm Session Four - Concurrent Workshops
A. The New National Health Care Legislation: Update & Discussion
B. Geriatric Care Assessment, Care Plan Development and how Elder Law Attorneys,
Estate Planners, Fiduciaries, Guardians and Care Managers utilize these tools.
C. Dealing with difficult Elder Law or Estate Planning Clients, Wards and Guardians
8:45 – 9:00am Opening Remarks
9:00 - 10:15am Session One – Plenary Session
A panel of leading experts facilitates a discussion on how to prevent, identify and redress elder
exploitation.
D. Medicaid Diversion Waiver Update and Discussion
E. Challenge of keeping documents up-to-date amongst all support professionals

Association for Gerontology in Higher Education’s Conference, taking place in Cincinnati, OH from March 17–20, 2011

Association for Gerontology in Higher Education’s 36th Annual Meeting and Educational Leadership Conference, taking place in Cincinnati, OH from March 17–20, 2011. http://aghe.org/833179

Viki will be presenting Empowered Decision Making for Those Without Capacity on Friday, March 18 from 3-4:30.

The Association for Gerontology in Higher Education (aka AGHE) is the international leader in advancing education on aging and is the only institutional membership organization devoted primarily to gerontology and geriatrics education since 1974. AGHE’s mission is two-fold: (1) To advance gerontology and geriatrics education in academic institutions; and (2) To provide leadership and support of gerontology and geriatrics education faculty and students at education institutions.

AGHE and its members are strongly committed to the well-being of older adults. Together, AGHE and aging-studies programs in institutions of higher education strive to:

(1) preparing service delivery personnel who will work directly with older adults;
(2) training educators who specialize in the physical, psycho-social, and policy domains of aging;
(3) educating the society at large about the processes of aging and the implications of an aging society; and
(4) instructing older adults seeking to maximize their options in a complex and challenging age.

AGHE is the Educational Unit of The Gerontological Society of America.

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Caregiver Resource Day at the Santa Clarita Valley Senior Center on March 19 from 8:30-1

Caregiver Resource Day

Viki will be speaking at the Santa Clarita Valley Senior Center’s annual event which provides support, education, and resources to caregivers – will be held on Saturday, March 19, from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Senior Center, located at 22900 Market Street in Santa Clarita. With its title sponsor Comfort Keepers In-Home Care, the free symposium will provide information and advice from leading experts, including a noted Alzheimer’s researcher and a bioethecist. Registration, networking, and breakfast begin at 8:30 a.m. with lectures commencing at 9 a.m. Free adult day care is available during this event but requires advance registration. The event is open to community members 18 years of age and older. Care-giving-related businesses are invited to host vendor tables at the event and/or provide sponsorship.

For further information about Caregiver Resource Day please contact SuzAnn Nelsen or Diana Sevanian at 661-255-1588. You may also email them at snelsen@scvsc.org or dsevanian@scvsc.org.

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The Alzheimer’s Association of Cincinnati is hosting Viki Kind - “Empowering caregivers who are making the difficult decisions” Thursday, March 17 from 6:30-8PM EST

The Alzheimer’s Association of Cincinnati is hosting Viki Kind - “Empowering caregivers who are making the difficult decisions” on Thursday, March 17 from 6:30-8PM EST

The Kenwood by Senior Star
5435 Kenwood Road
Cincinnati, OH 45227
seniorstar.com

RSVP: (513) 721-4284
http://www.alz.org/cincinnati/

Click here for a brochure about all of the services available from the Alzheimer’s Association in Cincinnati http://www.alz.org/cincinnati/documents/ProgramsServicesBrochure2011.pdf

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Coalition for Compassionate Care - Building a Community of Caring - CCCC 3rd Annual Conference on March 16 from 8-4:45

Coalition for Compassionate Care - Building a Community of Caring - CCCC 3rd Annual Conference

Where:
Los Angeles Marriott Hotel Burbank Airport
2500 Hollywood Way
Burbank, CA 91505

When:
Wednesday March 16, 2011 from 8:00 AM to 4:45 PM PDT

Join doctors, nurses, social workers, administrators and lawyers from around the state to discuss the latest cutting-edge issues in end-of-life care. Learn the latest advancements in end-of-life care, connect with others in your profession, see the newest available resources, and expand your understanding of compassionate care.

Speakers include:

David Kessler, a well-known expert on hospice, dying and grieving, talking about his latest book, Visions, Trips, and Crowded Rooms: Who and What You See Before You Die.

Joanne Lynn, MD, MA, MS, one of the first hospice physicians in the US and a major contributor to research and policy on care for the last phase of life, discussing how to build a local end-of-life community.

Mary Cadogan, DrPH, RN, NP, a gerontological nurse practitioner and professor at UCLA School of Nursing, outlining the latest research on CPR.

LaVera Crawley, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor at the Stanford University Center for Biomedical Ethics, examining culturally sensitive end-of-life choices.

Plus three California authors who have recently published books on end-of-life care. (Viki is one of the featured authors.)

Pre-Conference Workshop

Building Bridges: Culture and End-of-Life Care
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Lunch & Registration: 11:30am
Program: 12:00pm - 4:30pm

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