Innovative approaches to addressing elder abuse - seminar
24/11/2008
International expert Professor Laura Mosqueda MD will share her experience in the field of elder abuse and neglect at a free seminar hosted jointly by The Benevolent Society, the Australian Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse, the Australian Association of Gerontology NSW Division and the Aged & Community Services Association NSW and ACT.
Professor Mosqueda is Director of Geriatrics at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine. She is co-director of the UCI Center of Excellence in Elder Abuse and Neglect
The seminar will be of interest to anyone working with older people who needs to be aware of the issue of elder abuse, including aged care and health care providers, social workers, lawyers and police.
Date
Monday 24 November, 2008 2.30pm-4.30pm
Venue
Lecture Theatre 1, Clinical Sciences Building (opposite car park, near Gate 3)
Hospital Road Concord NSW
Parking available ($5.00) or take bus number 458 or 459.
Please RSVP by 20 November to Carly Fitzsimons on 02 9339 8077
Carly Fitzsimons
02 9339 8077
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