SSWLHC-WA Sponsored:

September 16, 2010 - Legal Updates Affecting Long Term Care Programs

Program Summary: This workshop will provide participants with up-to-date information on long-term care and disability community programs, legal updates to Federal and State rules pertaining to long-term care, and advocacy services. A diverse group of presenters representing legal programs, DSHS and advocacy services will be available to answer questions and share valuable strategies for ensuring that persons needing long-term care services are provided all necessary options for care.

Presenters: Barbara Isenhour, a principal in the firm Isenhour Bleck and a Washington State elderlaw expert, will headline this event, discussing 'Legal Updates affecting Long Term Care programs.' Wayna Franklin, Home and Community Services, will present an overview of HCS and how to obtain services. Huy Nguyen of the NW Justice Project and and Gillian Dutton of the Seattle University Public Benefit Advocacy Project will provide an overview of advocacy programs and how to access them.

Time: 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Location: The Mirabella, 116 Fairview Ave North, Seattle, WA

CEU's: 3.5

Cost: $30.00 SSWLHC Member with CEU's; $40.00 Non-Member with CEU's; $50.00 includes Membership (with SW CEU's)

For more information, contact: Brian Giddens at bgiddens@uw.edu.

Download the brochure and registration forms here.

December TBD - Legislation and Policy Updates Affecting Health Care: Death with Dignity Act and Health Care Issues for 2011

Stay tuned for details.

March TBD - Vendor Fair and Seminar

Stay tuned for details.

Other Events of Interest

September 30, 2010 (Thursday) - Symposium 2010: Legal and Ethical Considerations in Medical Social Work

Presented by: Harborview Medical Center Social Work Department

Presenters and Topics: Mollie Forrester, LICSW, Welcome; Pam Haithcox Eggleston, MSW, MBA: Privacy Law and Policy Review; Bethel Spagnolo, LICSW & Leslie Graham, LICSW: Identifying "Doe" Patients; Christie Schofield, LICSW, Finding Legal Next of Kin; and Andrew McCormick, PhD, LICSW, Jennifer Carson, LICSW, Bianca Quesada, MSW, Inga Hanson, LICSW, Gerald Tebo, LICSW, & Patti Stowell-Weiss, LICSW: Complex Decision Making

Time: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (Registration is 7:30 a.m. - 8 a.m.)

Location: Harborview Medical Center Research & Training, Auditorium, 300 - 9th Avenue, Seattle, 98104

CEU's: 6.5 legal/ethics CEUs for Social Workers

Cost: $125 for course, materials and lunch; $40 for students (ID required)

For more information, contact: Molly Glosson Forrester at mglosson@u.washington.edu.

Download the brochure and registration forms here.

Updated 9/1/2010