TEST D03 Elder Abuse and Exploitation: Medical and Legal Joint Perspectives

Friday, December 25, 2020

3:30 PM to 5:30 PM

Location: Cityside | Room 22

Estates and Probate/Elder Law Track
D03 Elder Abuse and Exploitation: Medical and Legal Joint Perspectives
Elder Law Section
Session D: 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

About the Program

The seminar will be from the perspectives of a geriatric psychiatrist and an elder law/trusts and estates attorney whom confront weekly, if not daily, examples of elder abuse and elder exploitation. In addition, the seminar will be about the steps to take to either pre-empt or address elder abuse and exploitation.

You Will Learn

  • The effects of dementia and other medical conditions on executive functioning
  • The effects of diminished executive functioning on decision-making 
  • The various legal rights, remedies, and recourses for those who have been exploited

Speakers

Dr. Harry E. Morgan, M.D.,The Center for Geriatric and Family Psychiatry Inc., Glastonbury
Carmine P. Perri, Czepiga Daly Pope & Perri, Berlin

CLE Credit: 2.0 Hours (CT: 2.0 Gen; NY: 2.0 AOP)

Speaker

James-W-Bergenn James W. Bergenn
Shipman & Goodwin LLP, Hartford