Local Events and Workshops

Workshops

A special training series centered on “Caring for the Dying” will begin on June 3rd at 6:00pm at Methodist University Hospital, 1265 Union Ave in the Medical Staff Auditorium. Methodist Healthcare has assembled an insightful group of presenters who will be taking a look at the end of life and what it means for the individual and those who surround them in love.

If you would like to attend please RSVP to Sandra Moore no later than June 2nd. You may RSVP by calling 901-516-7481 or by email to: moores@methodisthealth.org

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June 15, 2010 - World Elder Abuse Day at Lindenwood Christian Church, 2400 Union Avenue, Memphis, TN

9:00 a.m. Doors open to Public

9:30-9:45 a.m. Welcome Remarks & Proclamation by Mayor AC Wharton and Mayor Joe Ford

9:45-10:30 a.m. Elder Abuse- The Road Ahead by Candace J. Heisler, JD, Former Assistant District Attorney San Francisco, California, Trainer/Consultant with Heisler and Assc.

10:30-11:00 a.m. Elder Abuse in Our Community by DAG William L. Gibbons, MPD Director Larry A. Godwin and Shelby County Sheriff, Mark H. Luttrell Jr.

11:00-11:15 a.m. Break

11:15-12:30 p.m. Advanced Directives and Abuse, by Professor Donna S. Harkness, CELA, Director, Elder Law Clinic, University of Memphis

Elder Abuse Investigations, by Kay Mosby, Intake Counselor, TN Adult Protective Services

Financial Abuse of Older People by Bill Bright, Shelby County Assistant District Attorney and Chief Prosecutor in the White Collar Crime Unit

12:30 p.m. Be Part of the Solution by Linda Warren Seely, Director Pro Bono Projects, Memphis Area Legal Services