Presentations from our 2014 Conference
Awareness to Action: Training to Recognize, Report, and Respond to Elder Abuse
Conference program
Presentations from Day 1
Keynote presentation by Sister Elizabeth Davis - "Awareness to Action"
“Setting the Scene” by Rosemary Lester, Chair, SRCNL, and Chair, NLNPEA
Plenary Session - Research to Practice: Addressing Elder Abuse
Concurrent sessions
Importance and Benefits of Long-Term Planning: What You Need to Know
Helping: The Language of Emotions
Exploring Tools and Resources to Address Elder Abuse (Panel)
Plenary Session - The Adult Protection Act: Report, Evaluate, Investigate, Review. Facilitated by Suzanne Brake, PhD, Director, Office for Aging and Seniors, Department of Seniors, Wellness and Social Development, and Provincial Director, Adult Protection, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
Training Sessions
Awareness to Action: Training to Recognize, Report, and Respond to Elder Abuse
Conference program
Presentations from Day 1
Keynote presentation by Sister Elizabeth Davis - "Awareness to Action"
“Setting the Scene” by Rosemary Lester, Chair, SRCNL, and Chair, NLNPEA
Plenary Session - Research to Practice: Addressing Elder Abuse
- Slides from Gail Wideman, School of Social Work, Memorial University
- Slides from Lorraine Best, Peer Support Volunteer, Seniors Resource Centre NL
Concurrent sessions
Importance and Benefits of Long-Term Planning: What You Need to Know
Helping: The Language of Emotions
- Slides from Jean-Marc Bélanger, Coordonnateur, Réseau Santé en français de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador
- Link to CNFS video, "My Health, My Language", shown in session: http://cnfs.net/fr/vidlist.php?tmpl=7&vid=19
- Link to elder abuse video in American Sign Language shown by Myles Murphy, NL Association of the Deaf: http://www.alphasourd.org/elderabuse/
Gallery Walk Through Issues Related to Elder Abuse - Handouts
Working Together to Prevent Financial Abuse of Seniors (Panel)
- Notes from presentation by Dean Harris, Royal Bank of Canada
- Presentation by Margaret Harvey, EasternEdge Credit Union Ltd.
- Helpful resource identified during the session:
What Every Older Canadian Should Know About Powers of Attorney and Joint Bank Accounts: This comprehensive resource about powers of attorney and joint bank accounts is from the Federal/Provincial/Territorial Ministers Responsible for Seniors.
Exploring Tools and Resources to Address Elder Abuse (Panel)
- Project Wisdom by Laura Kovacs, E-Learning Coordinator for Project Wisdom, Immigrant Services, Guelph-Wellington, ON
- About the CAOT resource, Strategies for inter-professional health care providers to address elder abuse/mistreatment, presented by Theresa Roberts-Morrissey, OT
- Additional resources
Presentations from Day 2
Plenary Session - The Adult Protection Act: Report, Evaluate, Investigate, Review. Facilitated by Suzanne Brake, PhD, Director, Office for Aging and Seniors, Department of Seniors, Wellness and Social Development, and Provincial Director, Adult Protection, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
Training Sessions
Positive Behaviour Supports: Caring for Individuals with Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD)
with Danielle Coombs, BA (Psychology), Clinical Lead Intervention Services, Eastern Health and
Melanie Murphy, BSW, RSW, Developmental & Behavioural Practitioner, Intervention Services, Eastern Health
- Five Facts You Should Know About Responsive Behaviour (Handout)
- Behaviour is Communication (Handout)
- Behavioural Escalation Continuum Model: Responding to Persons with Dementia (Chart)
- Positive Behaviour Supports: Caring for Individuals With Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (PowerPoint presentation)
- Ten Tips for Helpers (Handout)
- What Can Cause Responsive Behaviour (Chart)