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Geriatric Palliative Care Conference

Jewish Home Lifecare’s Professional Education Center will hold its 7th Annual Geriatric Palliative Care Conference
With the public debate over health care and end of life planning, the 7th Annual Geriatric Palliative Care Conference on November 4th comes at an opportune moment in time.
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Geriatric Palliative Care Conference

Jewish Home Lifecare’s Professional Education Center will hold its 7th Annual Geriatric Palliative Care Conference:

On — Wednesday, November 4, 2009, from 9:00am to 5:00pm

 

At — the UJA-Federation – 130 E. 59th St., New York City

With the public debate over health care and end of life planning, the 7th Annual Geriatric Palliative Care Conference on November 4th comes at an opportune moment in time.

Geriatric care experts will gather to discuss key issues and multidisciplinary strategies for helping patients with advanced illnesses.

Breakfast and lunch are included, and Continuing Education Credits are available.

Cost for the conference is $50 per person

To Register please use our Secure Online Form

For additional information, please contact Ellen Lewis at 212-870-4997 or  elewis@jewishhome.org

Guest Presenters:

  • Tracy Miller, JD, Executive Director, Center for Health & Pharmaceutical Law, Seton Hall Law School
  • Susan Gerbino, PhD, LCSW, Clinical Associate Professor, Silver School Social Work, NYU
  • Dr. Jonathan I. Rosenblatt, Senior Rabbi, Riverdale Jewish Center
  • Oscar Alvarez, PhD, Director, Wound Care Program at Calvary Hospital, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine at New York Medical College
  • Judith Kahn, MA, Director, Doula to Accompany and Comfort, Shira Ruskay Center, JBFCS
  • Amy Levine, LCSW, Assistant Director, Doula to Accompany and Comfort, Shira Ruskay Center, JBFCS
  • Marshall Forstein, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Conference Agenda:

 

 

8:30 AM Registration & Breakfast  

 

9:00 AM Welcoming Remarks

 Audrey Weiner, DSW, MPH, President and CEO,Jewish Home Lifecare

9:15 AM Legal Issues in Geriatric Palliative Care

Tracy Miller, JD, Executive Director, Center for Health & Pharmaceutical Law, Seton Hall Law School

10:00 AM Psychosocial Needs of Older Adults at the End-of-Life

Susan Gerbino, Ph.D., LCSW, Clinical Associate Professor, Silver School Social Work, NYU

11:00 AM Break

11:15 AM Palliative Care and Spirituality

Rabbi Jonathan Rosenblatt, Senior Rabbi, Riverdale Jewish Center

12:15 PM Lunch

1:00 PM Drum Circle:  Rhythmic Exploration

Paul Padial, LMSW, Community Coordinator

Carl Jacob, CNA, Jewish Home Lifecare

1:30 PM CONCURRENT WORKSHOP SESSIONS

Palliative Care: Innovative Models in Long-term Care

Eileen R. Chichin, Ph.D., RN, Co-Director, The Greenberg Center on Ethics

Betty Lim, MD, Palliative Care Project Director, Jewish Home Lifecare; Asst. Professor of Geriatrics, Mount Sinai Hospital

Laurie Posner, MD, Medical Director, Bronx Division, Jewish Home Lifecare

Palliative Wound Care Management

Oscar Alvarez, Ph.D.,Director, Wound Care Program at Calvary Hospital, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine at New York Medical College

Compassionate Companions at the End-of-Life:  The Volunteer Doula to Accompany and Comfort Program

Judith Kahn, MA, Director, Doula to Accompany and Comfort

Amy Levine, LCSW, Assistant Director, Doula to Accompany and Comfort, Shira Ruskay Center, JBFCS

3:15 PM Impact of Culture on Palliative Care

Marshall Forstein, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

4:45 PM Closing Remarks and Conference Evaluation


Supported by the Allan Morrow Foundation