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03.24.2006 - 3rd Annual Senior Focus Event
 

"FOLLOWING

  MS. EDNA"

 

Accessing Substance Abuse

Treatment for 55+ Adults

Friday, March 24, 2006

8:00 am - 12:00 noon

at The Community Foundation building,

2635 Fruitville Road, Sarasota, FL

 

This seminar will educate participants regarding the alcohol and substance abuse services available to age 55+ adults and the challenges in accessing those resources.  Participants will be challenged to propose improvements to the status quo. 

 

This seminar is FREE and open to the public

CEUs: Nurses, counselors & social workers - 3 CEUs/Contact Hours [$20 fee]. 

 

08:00 am - Registration/Continental Breakfast       

08:30 -      Welcome                                        Kathleen Houseweart, M.B.A. - Sarasota Memorial Hospital

                                                                     Memory Disorder Clinic 

08:35 -      Introduction to SCoSA                      Curt Lavarello, Executive Director - Sarasota Coalition on

                                                                     Substance Abuse, Inc. [SCoSA]

08:45 -      Older Adults & Substance Abuse        Lawrence Schonfeld, Ph.D. - University of South Florida

09:40 -      Challenges of Identifying Substance  Bruce Robinson, M.D., M.P.H. - Sarasota Memorial Hospital

                 Abuse in 55+ Adults

10:00 -      Break

10:10 -      Getting to Know Ms. Edna          

                 and Panel Introduction                    Panelists:  Keith Bachaus - Senior Friendship Centers

                                                                     Marty Lebrun, L.C.S.W. - Sarasota Memorial Hospital 

                                                                                                        Emergency Care Center

                                                                     Barbara Reynolds, B.S., R.N. - First Step, Inc.

                                                                     David Clapp, L.M.H.C. - Coastal Behavioral Healthcare, Inc.

10:50 -      Breakout groups and work assignments

11:10 -      Group reports and recommendations

11:45 -      Wrap-up and evaluations

 

Space is limited, and pre-registration is suggested.  Participants may register online [click on the "E-mail us" link below], or by calling 941-922-SAFE [7233].  Participants requesting CEUs should make checks payable to the Sarasota Coalition on Substance Abuse, Inc. [SCoSA].

 

Special thanks to our partners:  Cabot Reserve on the Green Assisted Living; Cypress House ALF, First Step of Sarasota, Inc.; Heron House Assisted Living Community; Home Instead Senior Care; Coastal Behavioral Healthcare, Inc.; Doctors Hospital; Jewish Family & Children's Service; Sarasota Memorial Hospital Memory Disorder Clinic; Senior Friendship Centers; Snider Marketing; University of Florida Extension

 

Special THANKS to our event sponsor - DOCTORS HOSPITAL of SARASOTA

 

 

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