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Decision Making: Balancing Autonomy & Risk
Tuesday, November 27, 2018 @ 8:45 am - 4:45 pm EST
$75.00 – $95.00
About the Conference
This conference will explore the often subtle balance between autonomy and risk in multiple areas of guardianship. Topics to be presented include using a client’s social history to understand the client’s decisions; ethical decision making for people with diminished capacity; how guardians address liability when clients make risky decisions; risk and sexual decision making and; how encouraging a client’s autonomy can improve their quality of life.
The conference is directed at a broad audience of professional and lay guardians, social workers, case managers, nurses, people working in the disability community, geriatric care managers, nursing home administrators, attorneys, first responders, and others working in the field.
Continuing Education Units
Applications for 6 Continuing Education Credits have been submitted to the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), Center for Guardianship Certification (CGC), National Academy of Certified Care Managers (NACCM), Commission for Case Manager Certification (CCMC), Nursing Certification at all levels and Nursing Home Administrators. Please contact us for the status.
| 8:00 – 8:45 | Continental Breakfast and Registration |
| 8:45 – 9:15 | Welcome & Opening Remarks Peter M. Macy, Ed.M., J.D., Guardian Community Trust, Inc. |
| 9:15 – 10:15 | Social History and Risk: My Life, My Story Michelle Mlinac, PsyD., ABBP, Home Based Primary Care, VA Boston Susan Nathan, MD, Palliative Care, VA Boston Olga Quinlan, LICSW, Dementia Care Coordinator, VA Boston Lisa M. Shea, LICSW, Geriatric Social Work Coordinator, VA Boston |
| 10:15 – 10:30 | Break |
| 10:30 – 11:30 | Ethical Decision Making for People with Diminished Capacity David Godfrey, JD, American Bar Association Commission on Law & Aging |
| 11:30 – 1:00 | Lunch Risky Decisions and Liability for Guardians Andrew Jones, Esq., Furman Kornfeld & Brennan LLP Susan Mandra Thompson, Esq. Eileen Sullivan Boss, JD, EXC Legal Services |
| 1:00 – 2:30 | Risk and Sexual Decision-Making David Godfrey, JD, American Bar Association Commission on Law & Aging Kate Granigan, LICSW, Geriatric Care Manager Paula Thompson LICSW, Program Specialist, EMARC |
| 2:30 – 2:45 | Break |
| 2:45 – 4:15 | Living Life to its Fullest: The Role of Autonomy in Quality of Life Penny Brierley-Bowers, Ed.D. PMP, Donahue Institute Heather Connors, PhD, Guardian Community Trust, Inc. Noah Whiddon, LICSW, Complex Care Coordinator, VA Boston |
| 4:15 – 4:45 | Wrap-Up & Evaluations Heather Connors, Ph.D. and Traci Cucinotta, MBE, MSW, LICSW, Guardian Community Trust, Inc. |
Fee includes conference materials, breakfast and lunch.
For more information contact Karen-Mae L’Italien at 978-809-3707 or karen@guardiancommunitytrust.org