North Mississippi Rural Legal Services held its 2017 Elder Law Conference on August 11 at the Oxford Conference Center.
You may download the 2017 Elder law Conference Materials below.
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Conference Agenda
8:30-8:50
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
8:50-9:00
WELCOME TO THE CONFERENCE
Ben Thomas Cole II, J.D., Executive Director, NMRLS
Laurie Christensen, J.D., Staff Attorney, Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation
9:00-10:00
WALK A MILE IN AN ELDER’S SHOES: EXPERIENCE AGE-RELATED CHANGES THAT HAPPEN TO EVERYONE
Laura M. Pannell, PhD., Lead eLearning Instructor, Psychology and Social Work, Itawamba Community College
10:00-10:10
BREAK
10:10-11:10
CONFRONTING AGEISM: THE ORIGINS AND CONSEQUENCES OF AGEISM IN SOCIETY
Al Cutturini, J.D., Elder Law Project Director, NMRLS
11:10-12:10
AGEISM IN THE WORKPLACE
James M. Simpson, J.D., Allen, Summers, Simpson, Lillie & Gresham, PLLC, Memphis
12:10-1:10
LUNCH and PANEL DISCUSSION
1:10-2:10
AGEISM AND FINANCIAL DECISION MAKING: PROTECTION vs PATERNALISM
Donna S. Harkness, J.D., Director, Elder Law Clinic, University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
2:10-3:10
POSITIVE PATIENT ADVOCACY
Susan Crowson, Manager, Baptist Memory Care Center, Memphis
3:10-3:20
BREAK
3:20-4:20
ETHICAL ISSUES CREATED BY AGEISM
Elgalene Close, MSW, District Ombudsman, North Delta Planning and Development District
David Calder, J.D., Director, Child Advocacy Clinic, University of Mississippi School of Law